A Child's GraceAuthor(s): Rosalind MasonSource: Poetry, Vol. 8, No. 3 (Jun., 1916), p. 127Published by: Poetry FoundationStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20570814 .

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a Child's Grace

A CHILD S GRACE

Down in time for breakfast! And a clean green dress, And my hair Curled in six Three on one side And three on the other;

And I Very well washed All over. Opposite me is the Baby With his bib Pink

With white elephants on it. And there is mother And father; And we bend our heads Over our blue plates with oranges. Our grace is silent You can talk that way, you know,

To God, Though sometimes you have to scream At Baby To make him pay attention If he is playing, and you want him to come.

After grace is over I feel quite new And very clean. Rosalind Mason

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