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To Chloe II

By Eugene Field

Topics: classic

Chloe, you shun me like a hind     That, seeking vainly for her mother,     Hears danger in each breath of wind,     And wildly darts this way and t' other;     Whether the breezes sway the wood     Or lizards scuttle through the brambles,     She starts, and off, as though pursued,     The foolish, frightened creature scrambles.     But, Chloe, you're no infant thing     That should esteem a man an ogre;     Let go your mother's apron-string,     And pin your faith upon a toga!

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Eugene Field (1850–1895) was an American writer and poet known as the "children's poet." His poems "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod" and "Little Boy Blue" are cherished classics of American children's literature.

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