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McCLURE'S LIBRARY OF CHILDREN'S CLASSICS

EDITED BY KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN AND NORA ARCHIBALD SMITH

GOLDEN NUMBERS
A BOOK OF VERSE FOR YOUTH

THE POSY RING
A BOOK OF VERSE FOR CHILDREN

PINAFORE PALACE
A BOOK OF RHYMES FOR THE NURSERY

_Library of Fairy Literature_

THE FAIRY RING

MAGIC CASEMENTS A SECOND FAIRY BOOK

OTHER VOLUMES TO FOLLOW

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GOLDEN NUMBERS

A BOOK OF VERSE FOR YOUTH

CHOSEN AND CLASSIFIED BY

_Kate Douglas Wiggin_

AND

_Nora Archibald Smith_

WITH INTRODUCTION AND INTERLEAVES BY

KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN

[Illustration]

    "_To add to golden numbers, golden numbers._"

                        THOMAS DEKKER.

NEW YORK
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
1909


_Copyright, 1902, by_
McCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.

Published, October, 1902, N



GOLDEN NUMBERS


    _Then read from the treasured volume the poem of thy choice._

                        HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW.

      _Hark! the numbers soft and clear_
      _Gently steal upon the ear;_
      _Now louder, and yet louder rise,_
      _And fill with spreading sounds the skies;_
    _Exulting in triumph now swell the bold notes,_
    _In broken air, trembling, the wild music floats._

                        ALEXANDER POPE.




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