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Sara Cone Bryant

Two Little Riddles in Rhyme

There's a garden that I ken,

Full of little gentlemen;

Little caps of blue they wear,

And green ribbons, very fair.

(Flax.)

From house to house he goes,

A messenger small and slight,

And whether it rains or snows,

He sleeps outside in the night.

(The path.)