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Pretty Lessons in Verse

for Good Children; with Some Lessons in Latin, in Easy Rhyme. By Sara Coleridge. The Fourth Edition, with Many Cuts

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FRUIT.

The Nectarine on yonder wall
Grows red, when ripen'd fully;
The ruddy Peach, admired by all,
Is somewhat rough and woolly.
The Apricot, of amber hue,
In tarts the taste delighting;
And purple Plum, so fair to view,
Are equally inviting.