Sunday, November 15, 2015

Two Jacks



One winter’s day a little boy,
     Unto his mother said,
“I say mamma, does old Jack Frost
     Make papa’s nose so red?”
“Ah, no, my dear, the mother said,
     With just a touch of scorn;
“Jack Frost is not at all to blame,
     It’s old Jack Barleycorn.”



Nov. 15, 1897
C. Press, May 13, ‘98



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