Lays of Ancient Virginia, and Other Poems
LAYS OF ANCIENT VIRGINIA, AND OTHER POEMS: BY JAMES AVIS BARTLEY, OF ORANGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA. RICHMOND: J.W. RANDOLPH, PUBLISHER 1855 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1855, BY J.A. BARTLEY,
"What's the use of asking that, when you know we shall wear
our poplins, because we haven't got anything else?" answered Jo
with her mouth full.
"If I only had a silk!" sighed Meg. "Mother says I may when
I'm eighteen perhaps, but two years is an everlasting time to wait."
"I'm sure our pops look like silk, and they are nice enough for
us. Yours is as good as new, but I forgot the burn and the tear in
mine. Whatever shall I do? The burn shows badly, and I can't take
any out."
"You must sit still all you can and keep your back out of sight.
The front is all right. I shall have a new ribbon for my hair, and
Marmee will lend me her little pearl pin, and my new slippers are
lovely, and my gloves will do, though they aren't as nice as I'd like."
"Mine are spoiled with lemonade, and I can't get any new ones,
so I shall have to go without," said Jo, who never troubled herself
much about dress.
"You must have gloves, or I won't go," cried Meg decidedly.
"Gloves are more important than anything else. You can't dance
without them, and if you don't I should be so mortified."
"Then I'll stay still. I don't care much for company dancing.
LAYS OF ANCIENT VIRGINIA, AND OTHER POEMS: BY JAMES AVIS BARTLEY, OF ORANGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA. RICHMOND: J.W. RANDOLPH, PUBLISHER 1855 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1855, BY J.A. BARTLEY,