Little Blue Ribbons - A Poem by Austin Dobson

"LITTLE BLUE-RIBBONS"

"Little Blue-Ribbons!" We call her that

From the ribbons she wears in her favourite hat;

For may not a person be only five,

And yet have the neatest of taste alive?—

As a matter of fact, this one has views

Of the strictest sort as to frocks and shoes;

And we never object to a sash or bow,

When "little Blue-Ribbons" prefers it so.

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