Quote#Time
The little toy dog is covered with dust
Quote byEugene Field · 1850–1895
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Love Songs of Childhood (1894), Little Boy Blue, st. 1.
English (original)
The little toy dog is covered with dust, But sturdy and stanch he stands; And the little toy soldier is red with rust, And his musket moulds in his hands. Time was when the little toy dog was new, And the soldier was passing fair; And that was the time when our Little Boy Blue Kissed them and put them there.
— Eugene Field
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