A rabbit; goodies spread
Below; at every place,
To decorate and grace,
By ribbons from her nest
Held rabbits for each guest;
And eggs of every shade
The table gaily made;
Large cakes tied with a bow,
For cream, in color show.
Below; at every place,
To decorate and grace,
By ribbons from her nest
Held rabbits for each guest;
And eggs of every shade
The table gaily made;
Large cakes tied with a bow,
For cream, in color show.
They had an Easter hunt,
In grass right in the front.
The two who found the most
Eggs; prizes they would boast.
All were so glad and free
And merry as could be;
A brighter day for them
I think scarce could have been.
And somehow as I look,
Into my brain I took
A notion: that may be
If angels thus could see
This happy baby day,
That all that they would say
Would be, that in this way
We learn to love and pray;
For happiness is best
For youth. As for the rest
Of life, a childhood passed
In love and joy and grass
In grass right in the front.
The two who found the most
Eggs; prizes they would boast.
All were so glad and free
And merry as could be;
A brighter day for them
I think scarce could have been.
And somehow as I look,
Into my brain I took
A notion: that may be
If angels thus could see
This happy baby day,
That all that they would say
Would be, that in this way
We learn to love and pray;
For happiness is best
For youth. As for the rest
Of life, a childhood passed
In love and joy and grass
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