The Archive · 1922

A CITY SAND-PILE

Children in a sand-pile dingy street.

Building men had left it there; Little did they think or care Children smal] would find it fair And run with eager feet.

Children in a sand-pile On a golden. day, Glory, how their eager cries Filled the city-clouded skies, As with unrestrained surprise They found that they could play Children in a sand-pile—Life seemed all complete! Never knew they beach, or sea, Mountain, field, or stream, or trey. God be thanked that yet there be Sand-piles in the street!

By Epatunp Leamy.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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