Playthings

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Title:     Playthings
Author: Alice Duer Miller [More Titles by Miller]

Last year the shops were crowded
With soldier suits and guns--
The presents that at Christmas time
We give our little sons;
And many a glittering trumpet
And many a sword and drum;
But as they're made in Germany
This year they will not come.

Perhaps another season
We shall not give our boys
Such very warlike playthings,
Such military toys;
Perhaps another season
We shall not think it sweet
To watch their game of soldier men,
Who dream not of defeat.

[The end]
Alice Duer Miller's poem: Playthings

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