'For myself alone, I would not be
Ambitious in my wish; but, for you,
I would be trebled twenty times myself;
A thousand times more fair,
Ten thousand times more rich.'
More verses by Louisa May Alcott
- Brighter Shone The Golden Shadows
- From The Short Story What The Swallows Did
- From The Short Story Shadow-Children
- Flowers, Dear Flowers, Farewell!
- From The Short Story A Christmas Dream, And How It Came True