Sing-song: A Nursery Rhyme BookMacmillan, 1893 - 135 pages |
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baby kiss Bells are ringing birds blossom blow blue blush caught a little cherry bob cherry tree city mouse Cluck coal cold corn cowslip crow could swim crown of wind-flowers curtains round Ding dong dug amongst earth Fling flowers flint flowering valleys frog garden mouse glowing Goodbye grass green harebell Heartsease heaven hen Summons honey Honeysuckle horns point Jacob's-ladder Lady Moon ladybird lambkin lark lily linnet little Alice little Jack Horner little owl Love-lies-bleeding Lullaby Mattie And fat meadow meadowsweet Minnie and Mattie mother mouse could fly mouse lives night night The moon oh dear PAHEL pancake peach pluck plum buns Poll Polly pretty purse I'll ferry rose Safe as safe seen the wind shining sigh sing sister snow snowdrop soft sprat could walk stars stitch summer summer trees sunny sweet There's thorns to-day violets Walks the bride Woolly Wrens and robins
Popular passages
Page 98 - WHO HAS SEEN THE WIND?" WHO has seen the wind? Neither I nor you : But when the leaves hang trembling, The wind is passing through. Who has seen the wind?
Page 42 - THE CITY MOUSE AND THE GARDEN MOUSE The city mouse lives in a house; The garden mouse lives in a bower, He's friendly with the frogs and toads, And sees the pretty plants in flower. The city mouse eats bread and cheese; The garden mouse eats what he can; We will not grudge him seeds and stocks, Poor little timid furry man.
Page 92 - When the cows come home the milk is coming ; Honey's made while the bees are humming ; Duck and drake on the rushy lake, And the deer live safe in the breezy brake ; And timid, funny, pert little bunny Winks his nose, and sits all sunny.
Page 113 - What does the bee do? Bring home honey. And what does Father do? Bring home money. And what does Mother do? Lay out the money. And what does baby do? Eat up the honey.
Page 101 - A diamond or a coal ? A diamond, if you please : Who cares about a clumsy coal Beneath the summer trees? A diamond or a coal ? A coal, sir, if you please : One comes to care about the coal What time the waters freeze.
Page 40 - Twist me a crown of wind-flowers ; That I may fly away To hear the singers at their song, And players at their play. Put on your crown of wind-flowers : But whither would you go? Beyond the surging of the sea And the storms that blow. Alas ! your crown of wind-flowers Can never make you fly : I twist them in a crown to-day, And to-night they die.
Page 127 - O Lady Moon, your horns point toward the east: Shine, be increased ; O Lady Moon, your horns point toward the west: Wane, be at rest.
Page 2 - LOVE me, — I love you, Love me, my baby ; Sing it high, sing it low, Sing it as may be. Mother's arms under you, Her eyes above you ; Sing it high, sing it low, Love me, — I love you.
Page 41 - Brown and furry Caterpillar in a hurry, Take your walk To the shady leaf, or stalk, Or what not, Which may be the chosen spot. No toad spy you, Hovering bird of prey pass by you ; Spin and die, To live again a butterfly.
Page 42 - WHAT is pink ? a rose is pink By the fountain's brink. What is red ? a poppy's red In its barley bed. What is blue ? the sky is blue Where the clouds float thro'. What is white ? a swan is white Sailing in the light. What is yellow ? pears are yellow, Rich and ripe and mellow. What is green ? the grass is green, With small flowers between. What is violet ? clouds are violet In the summer twilight. What is orange ? why, an orange, Just an orange...