The Lost Penny
Bonny shared this poem with the note: "My mother had an old schoolbook, called the 'Young People's Speaker' and one of the first Poems I memorized was from it. The name of the poem, if I remember correctly, was 'Daisy' and it went like this..."
The Lost Penny
Poem
In little Daisy's dimpled hand
Two bright new pennies shown.
One was for Rob (at school just then)
The other Daisy's own.
While waiting Rob's return, she rolled
Both treasures round the floor,
When suddenly they disappeared,
And one was seen no more.
"Poor Daisy, is your penny lost?"
Was asked in accents kind.
"Why no, mine's here!" She quickly said,
"It's Robs I cannot find."
Notes
"I have always loved that poem just for her quick thinking." -Bonny
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Thanks to Bonnie Boatman for sharing this poem with us!
This poem can be found in "St. Nicholas: An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks" (1891).
