There! little girl; don’t cry!
They have broken your doll, I know;
And your tea-set blue,
And your play-house, too,
Are things of the long ago;
But childish troubles will soon pass by. —
There! little girl; don’t cry!

There! little girl; don’t cry!
They have broken your slate, I know;
And the glad, wild ways
Of your schoolgirl days
Are things of the long ago;
But life and love will soon come by. —
There! little girl; don’t cry!

There! little girl; don’t cry!
They have broken your heart I know;
And the rainbow gleams
Of your youthful dreams
Are things of the long ago;
But Heaven holds all for which you sigh. —
There! little girl; don’t cry!

Analysis, meaning and summary of James Whitcomb Riley's poem A Life-Lesson

4 Comments

  1. Cecelia scott says:

    Question, who did these things to her?
    Life is just one more hurt after the other.
    Death

  2. Eesha says:

    the poem told that problems will soon be replaced by better things in your life. This is the the things which will happen in your life so it is called life lesson

  3. rita ackley says:

    this poem tell me dont cry over small thing. better thing is yet to come, that life lesson

  4. Jamie says:

    This pome told me to not be disiponted when my felings are hurt.

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