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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MONKEYS WITHOUT TAILS. |
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MONKEYS WITHOUT TAILS.
There were two little Monkeys, who lived up on high,
They loved into crannies and corners to pry;
Whene'er Goody Keeper was turning her back,
They sought all about for a hole or a crack.
They'd heads full of mischief, and meddlesome paws,
And one of them chatter'd like magpies and daws.
They loved into crannies and corners to pry;
Whene'er Goody Keeper was turning her back,
They sought all about for a hole or a crack.
They'd heads full of mischief, and meddlesome paws,
And one of them chatter'd like magpies and daws.
Now, having discovered a chink in the floor,
So deep that what enter'd it ne'er was seen more,
These animals thought it a very fine joke
Their playthings adown the dark crevice to poke,
As well as a pencil-case, ivory letters,
And sundry fine things that belonged to their betters.
So deep that what enter'd it ne'er was seen more,
These animals thought it a very fine joke
Their playthings adown the dark crevice to poke,
As well as a pencil-case, ivory letters,
And sundry fine things that belonged to their betters.
O, how these young Monkeys would chuckle and grin,
When counters, and pennies, and half-pence roll'd in!
Their tails, with delight, I am sure would have curled;
But then they had never a tail in the world.
The Monkeys of whom this odd story I tell
Were two silly children whom Herbert knows well!
When counters, and pennies, and half-pence roll'd in!
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But then they had never a tail in the world.
The Monkeys of whom this odd story I tell
Were two silly children whom Herbert knows well!
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