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 Pray take them! they are all your own, And take the little basket, too.

"Have you forgot that little girl You last year gave a bonnet to? You may, perhaps, but ever will  That little girl remember you.

"For ever since I've been to church,— And much do I delight to go,— For there I learned the way to heaven,  Which I so long had wished to know.

"One day I thought within myself, That pretty basket Billy wove I'll fill with fruit for that dear Miss,  For sure 't will be a work of love.

"And so, this morning, up I rose, While yet the fields were wet with dew, And picked the nicest I could find,  And brought them fresh and sweet to you.

"I know the gift is small, indeed, For such a lady to receive; But yet, I hope you'll not refuse  All that poor Phebe has to give."