SUNNY-BROW AND FROWNIEFACE.
Dear Sunny -brow is a winsome elf, Sweet-natured all day long ; She always greets you with a smile, Or snatches of a song. She whispers in the children's ear Bright things to make them glad ; And always has some pleasant thought To woo them when they're sad. She helps them, when they're cross and •bad, To smother naughty words, And murmurs " Sing instead of fret," And points them to the birds. Now Frownie-faee is a wicked sprite, Who loves to pout and fret ; Who says the summers are "too hot," The winters are " too wet." There's not a thing that suits his moodj He pines for " something more ;" And claps his hands when children fight And pout and slam the door. He tells them things to make them cry, And frets them all day long ; And never yet one saw him smile, Or heard him sing a song. Dear little pansies {girls and boys) Now tell me frank and true, Is Sunny-brow or Frownie-face The elf that stays' with you ?"' If Frownie-face, pray bid him go, And on him shut the door ; If Sunny-brow, oh hold her fast, And love her more and more J
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, 29 October 1898, Page 7
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198SUNNY-BROW AND FROWNIEFACE. Waimate Daily Advertiser, 29 October 1898, Page 7
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