Bib Ballads

<SPAN name="startofbook"></SPAN> <h1>BIB BALLADS</h1> <h4>BY<br/></h4> <h2>RING W. LARDNER<br/> <br/></h2> <hr style="width: 45%;" /> <h3>FOREWORD</h3> <div class="cpoem"> <p><br/><br/> Dear Parents:&mdash;Don't imagine, please,<br/> It's in a boastful spirit<br/> I fashion verses such as these;<br/> That's not the truth or near it.<br/> <br/> A hundred or a thousand, yes,<br/> A million kids there may be<br/> Who aren't one iota less<br/> Attractive than this baby.<br/> <br/> I'll venture that your household has<br/> As valuable a treasure<br/> As mine, but mine I know, and as<br/> For yours, I've not that pleasure.<br/> <br/> And that is why my book's about<br/> Just one, O Dads and Mothers;<br/> But babes are babes, and mine, no doubt,<br/> Is very much like others.<br/> <br/> <span style="margin-left: 6em;">THE AUTHOR</span><br/></p> </div> <hr style="width: 45%;" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />