| Thomas R. Lounsbury, ed. (1838–1915). Yale Book of American Verse. 1912. |
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| Eugene Field. 1850–1895 |
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| 227. The Little Peach |
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| A LITTLE peach in the orchard grew,— | |
| A little peach of emerald hue; | |
| Warmed by the sun and wet by the dew, | |
| It grew. | |
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| One day, passing that orchard through, | 5 |
| That little peach dawned on the view | |
| Of Johnny Jones and his sister Sue— | |
| Them two. | |
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| Up at that peach a club they threw— | |
| Down from the stem on which it grew | 10 |
| Fell that peach of emerald hue. | |
| Mon Dieu! | |
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| John took a bite and Sue a chew, | |
| And then the trouble began to brew,— | |
| Trouble the doctor could n't subdue. | 15 |
| Too true! | |
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| Under the turf where the daisies grew | |
| They planted John and his sister Sue, | |
| And their little souls to the angels flew,— | |
| Boo hoo! | 20 |
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| What of that peach of the emerald hue, | |
| Warmed by the sun, and wet by the dew? | |
| Ah, well, its mission on earth is through. | |
| Adieu! | |
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