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I'm teaching my babies poetry right now. They're so cute and they try so hard. I make them write me some poems, and then I try to expose them to a bunch of really good poetry that I think they should know about. This poem, by Edna St. Vincent Millay, is one of my favorites.

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WE WERE very tired, we were very merry--

We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry.

It was bare and bright, and smelled like a stable--

But we looked into a fire, we leaned across a table,

We lay on a hilltop underneath the moon;

And the whistles kept blowing, and the dawn came soon.

We were very tired, we were very merry-- 

 

We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry,

And you ate an apple, and I ate a pear,

From a dozen of each we had bought somewhere;

And the sky went wan, and the wind came cold,

And the sun rose dripping, a bucketful of gold. 




We were very tired, we were very merry,

We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry,

We hailed "Good morrow, mother!" to a shawl-covered head,

And bought a morning paper, which neither of us read;

And she wept, "God bless you!" for the apples and pears,

And we gave her all our money but our subway fares. 

 

Isn't it just lovely? It reminds me of my little sister and all of the crazy stuff we always do.