Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by JAMES R. OSGOOD & COMPANY, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. 38X 858 THE LITTLE PEOPLE. A DREARY place would be this earth, No little forms, like buds to grow, And make the admiring heart surrender ; No little hands on breast and brow, To keep the thrilling love-chords tender. The sterner souls would grow more stern, And man to stoic coldness turn, And woman would be less than woman. Life's song, indeed, would lose its charm, |