Aunt Effie's Rhymes for Little ChildrenRoutledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1860 - 64 pages |
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Aunt Effie's Rhymes For Little Children Effie (Aunt),Jessie Margaret Edmondston Saxby No preview available - 2023 |
Aunt Effie's Rhymes For Little Children Effie (Aunt),Jessie Margaret Edmondston Saxby No preview available - 2023 |
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ALPHABET AUNT EFFIE'S RHYMES bird blob brown Owl CARPENTER'S cherries Cheshire cheese CHINESE PIG Clocking-hen COBWEB CUCKOO cunning old Cat DAME DUCK'S LECTURE Dame Grumph dark pine-tree ducklings Dusty millers flap Freddie Frog GERTRUDE Gimlet turned GLOW-WORMS grist horny wings HUNGRY Spider Jenny-Owlet JOLLY FARMER PACKS lean pig LITTLE BOY little fellow little flies LITTLE HARE little Mice little nursery little rain-drops little Spirit little stars little wings looked M.U.SEARS.Sc Madam Grumph Mallet Mamma merrily Mill mill-stones mother MUFFIN-MAN'S BELL never saw nibble night nose old Dame Duck Old Grumphy OLD KITCHEN CLOCK PACKS HIS WAGGON peeped pig-sty door Pincers pitter patter play PUSSEY-CAT quack rainy day ROBIN-REDBREASTS Roll ROOKS round round-about says the muffin-man's scrabble snout splash spruce little Gimlet Squeak Tick-tock-tick-tock tinkle to-day tree Turtle-dove TURTLE-DOVE'S NEST VIII waddling WATER-MILL web and back well-bred duck Wine yaup YOUNG LINNETS
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Page 23 - One day (the sun was warm and bright, And shining in the sky) Cock Robin said, " My little dears, 'Tis time you learn to fly ;" And all the little young ones said, " I'll try, I'll try, I'll try ! " I know a child, and who she is I'll tell you by-and-by, When mamma says, " Do this," or " that," She says,
Page 55 - ROLL on, roll on, you restless waves, That toss about and roar ; Why do you all run back again When you have reached the shore ? Roll on, roll on, you noisy waves, Roll higher up the strand ; How is it that you cannot pass That line of yellow sand ? Make haste, or else the tide will turn ; • Make haste, you noisy sea ; Eoll quite across the bank, and then Far on across the lea.
Page 37 - I'ma very patient clock, Never moved by hope or fear, Though I've stood for many a year ; Tick-tock— tick-tock.
Page 9 - Yes," said the little ducks again, All waddling in a row ; " Now to the pond," said old Dame Duck — Splash, splash ! and in they go.
Page 34 - And round-about they danced, Across the web and back again They darted and they glanced. The hungry Spider sat and watched The happy little flies ; It saw all round about its head, It had so many eyes. Round-about, and round-about, And round-about they go, Across the web and back again, Now high — now low. " I am hungry, very hungry,
Page 15 - Scrabble, scrabble, scrabble, went all the little mice, For they smelt the Cheshire cheese; The Pussy Cat said, " It smells very nice, Now do come out if you please.
Page 19 - Any grist for the Mill?" Alas ! it will not go ; The river, too, is standing still, The ground is white with snow. And when the frosty weather comes, And freezes up the streams, The Miller only hears the mill, And grinds the corn in dreams. Living close beside the Mill, The Miller's girls and boys Always play at make-believe, Because they have no toys.
Page 18 - The bakers come and go; They bring their empty sacks to fill, And leave them down below. The dusty miller and his men Fill all the sacks they bring, And while they go about their work Right merrily they sing. " Any grist for the mill ? " How quickly it goes round ! Splash, splash, splash, splash, With a whirring sound.
Page 15 - So the cunning old Cat lay down on a mat By the fire in the servants' hall : " If the little mice peep, they'll think I'm asleep ;" So, she rolled herself up like a ball. " Squeak," said the little mouse, " we'll creep out, And eat some Cheshire cheese ; That silly old Cat is asleep on the mat, And we may sup at our ease.
Page 17 - Never mind," said little Freddie. " I shall have them when it's right." But a blackbird whistled boldly, " I shall eat them all to-night.