Children's poetry, English
In the simple title of “Rhymes for the Nursery,” the pretensions of this little volume are fully explained. In the _Nursery_ they are designed to circulate, and within its sanctuary walls, the writers claim shelter from the eye of criticism; though, should they appear to have...
In the simple title of “Rhymes for the Nursery,” the pretensions of this little volume are fully explained. In the _Nursery_ they are designed to circulate, and within its sanct...
2. Part 2Suppose I should leave you now, just as you are, Do you think you’d deserve a sweet kiss from papa, Or to sit on his knee and learn pretty great A, With fingers that have not be...
3. Part 3But when back again the poor mother did fly, Oh, then she set up a most pitiful cry! So she mourn’d a long while, and then lay down to die!
4. Part 4A little black ant found a large grain of wheat, Too heavy to lift or to roll; So he begg’d of a neighbour he happen’d to meet, To help it down into his hole.