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To My Mother
Robert Louis Stevenson · 1885
Catalog grade guidance: K–5 — Short children’s lyric; good for early memorization and reading aloud.
6 content lines · 30 words · Est. recitation about 19 sec (approx.)
Public-domain text for reading and recitation practice. Source: Project Gutenberg #136.Estimated time uses ~120 words/minute plus short pauses—not a contest rule.
To My Mother
You too, my mother, read my rhymes
For love of unforgotten times,
And you may chance to hear once more
The little feet along the floor.
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