I once had a sweet little doll, dears,
The prettiest doll in the world;
Her cheeks were so red and so white, dears,
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I loved this poem when I was a child, and my Mother and I used to recite, she loved it too. I have been looking for the poem for years that was in our School reader. I am now 76, ! but my mum has passed on.
My Mum used to recite this to me too. I never knew it was from The Water Babies’ til now.!
Hi, My Mother and I used to say it together. She loved it and she too has passed. My uncle bought me a copy of The Water Babies and I don't know where it is any longer.
I too have fond memories of this poem from a book of children's poems given to me by my great aunt. It reminds me summer holidays at her house in the late 1950s. I didn't realise it came from the" water Babies"
The most Beautiful Doll in The World As a very young girl , I learnt this poem. To- day it still evokes, emotions that I had all those 65 years past.
It's a lovely poem about the most beautiful doll in the world. It was lost and subsequently found devoid of its original charm. Yet it was the best doll. Emotionally captivating.
Exemplifies climax and anti-climax nicely. the ownhood is expressed even at the loss of outwardly appearance.
Planning my poem