By: James Whitcomb Riley
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!
"They have broken your heart, I know;" The little girl is feeling crestfallen.
"But childish troubles will soon pass by." Your troubles won't always go away.
"But Heaven holds all for which you sigh." Heaven is God's place and he will never let go.
Heaven can't actually hold something.
"And the rainbow gleams / Of your youthful dreams" The rainbow shines brightly of her youthful dreams.
"They have broken your doll, I know;" I envision a Ken doll, broken.
"But life and love will soon come by." They are trying to emphasize life and love.
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