Ballads for Little FolkHurd and Houghton, 1875 - 189 pages |
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... GOLD RECEIPT FOR AN APPETITE THE PIG AND THE HEN SPIDER AND FLY A LESSON OF MERCY THE FLOWER SPIDER DAN AND DIMPLE AND HOW THEY QUARRELED · TO A HONEY - BEE AT THE TAVERN WHAT A BIRD TAUGHT . 1 2 IO 12 -21 23 27 29 32 33 36 3.8 42 44 50 ...
... GOLD RECEIPT FOR AN APPETITE THE PIG AND THE HEN SPIDER AND FLY A LESSON OF MERCY THE FLOWER SPIDER DAN AND DIMPLE AND HOW THEY QUARRELED · TO A HONEY - BEE AT THE TAVERN WHAT A BIRD TAUGHT . 1 2 IO 12 -21 23 27 29 32 33 36 3.8 42 44 50 ...
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... gold ; And two of the bugs got under the rugs , And one was out in the cold ! So he that was left in the basket , Without a crumb to chew , Or a thread to wrap himself withal , When the wind across him blew , 28 Three Bugs . Pulled one ...
... gold ; And two of the bugs got under the rugs , And one was out in the cold ! So he that was left in the basket , Without a crumb to chew , Or a thread to wrap himself withal , When the wind across him blew , 28 Three Bugs . Pulled one ...
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... Though more than it well can hold , It seems to me they had better agree The white , and the black , and the gold - And share what comes of the beds and crumbs , And leave no bug in the cold ! " AND why do you throw down your hoe by.
... Though more than it well can hold , It seems to me they had better agree The white , and the black , and the gold - And share what comes of the beds and crumbs , And leave no bug in the cold ! " AND why do you throw down your hoe by.
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... gold egg To pay you ; but , bless me ! She's broken a leg . " Then went to the cupboard , And brought from the shelf A part of the supper She'd meant for herself . Of course two such nurses Effected a cure ; One leg stiff , but better ...
... gold egg To pay you ; but , bless me ! She's broken a leg . " Then went to the cupboard , And brought from the shelf A part of the supper She'd meant for herself . Of course two such nurses Effected a cure ; One leg stiff , but better ...
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... gold egg , All tenderly held her And bound up the leg ; All summer they lived Thus together - the swan , And peddler and peddler's wife Jannet and John . At length , when the leaves In the garden grew brown , The bird came one day With ...
... gold egg , All tenderly held her And bound up the leg ; All summer they lived Thus together - the swan , And peddler and peddler's wife Jannet and John . At length , when the leaves In the garden grew brown , The bird came one day With ...
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apples Barbara Blue better bird blackbird bluebird brown bugs Captain Gray child Child's Wisdom Christmas light Christmas Story cried Dappledun darling dear little Dimple eyes fair Fanny Field farmer feathers feet Field and Mary Flippity-flop friends Frogs Sing girls and boys gold gone Grateful Swan Griselda Goose Gudhand Happy Little Wife hard to crack head heart hide Hide and Seek Hippity hop Jenny Joe and John John M'Clary lesson Little Sister live look Make-believe MARY CLEMMER AMES morning neighbor never night Northland once Phoebe Cary play poor pretty rain Robin Robin's Nest rose Saint Peter shining spider stay stiff upper lip stop sunshine suppose sure sweet tell There's thing thought Tilly told tree turn Twas Twit-twit Twit-twit-twee waiting wild wing Wise Fairy wren
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Page 146 - Twas Dolly's And not your head that broke ? " Suppose you're dressed for walking, And the rain comes pouring down, Will it clear off any sooner Because you scold and frown ? And wouldn't it be...
Page 86 - Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: for the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Page 147 - And wouldn't it be nicer For you to smile than pout, And so make sunshine in the house When there is none without? Suppose your task, my little man, Is very hard to get, Will it make it any easier For you to sit and fret? And wouldn't it be wiser Than waiting like a dunce To go to work in earnest And learn the thing at once'? Suppose that some boys have a horse, And some a coach and pair, Will it tire you less while walking To say, "It isn't fair"?
Page 167 - said the other, " I don't think you know ! " So he walked in boldly — Nobody in sight ; First he took a nibble. Then he took a bite ; Close the trap together Snapped as quick as wink, Catching mousey fast there, 'Cause he did n't think.
Page 9 - The quail will come back to the clover, And the swallow back to the eaves. The robin will wear on his bosom A vest that is bright and new, And the loveliest wayside blossom Will shine with the sun and dew. The leaves to-day are whirling, The brooks are all dry and dumb...
Page 157 - they're the prettiest birds, And the whitest that ever flew ! " So off went the sportsman, whistling, And off, too, went his gun ; And its startling echoes never ceased Again till the day was done. And the old crow sat untroubled, Cawing away in her nook ; For she said, " He'll never kill my birds, Since I told him how they look. " Now there's the hawk, my neighbor, She'll see what she will see, soon ; And that saucy, whistling blackbird May have to change his tune...
Page 146 - And wouldn't it be pleasanter To treat it as a joke, And say you're glad " 'twas Dolly's, And not your head, that broke"?
Page 168 - Cause she was so headstrong That she wouldn't think. Once there was a robin, Lived outside the door, Who wanted to go inside And hop upon the floor. "Oh, no," said the mother, "You must stay with me; Little birds are safest Sitting in a tree.
Page 149 - He came to the door of a cottage, In traveling round the earth, Where a little woman was making cakes, And baking them on the hearth; And being faint with fasting, For the day was almost done, He asked her, from her store of cakes, To give him a single one. So she made a very little cake, But as it baking lay, She looked at it, and thought it seemed Too large to give away.
Page 48 - I would say : Be you tempted as you may, Each day, and every day, Speak what is true ! True things, in great and small ; Then, though the sky should fall, Sun, moon, and stars, and all, Heaven would show through ! Figs, as you see and know, Do not out of thistles grow ; And.