The Works of Dante Gabriel Rossetti Edited with Preface and Notes by William M. Rossetti: Revised and Enlarged Edition |
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II
Catch
On a Fine Day
“Be stirring, girls! we ought to have a run:Look, did you ever see so fine a day?
Fling spindles right away,
And rocks and reels and wools:
Now don't be fools,—
To-day your spinning's done.
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They caught hands, catch who can,
Then singing, singing, to the river they ran,
They ran, they ran
To the river, the river;
And the merry-go-round
Carries them at a bound
To the mill o'er the river.
“Miller, miller, miller,
Weigh me this lady
And this other. Now, steady!”
“You weigh a hundred, you,
And this one weighs two.”
“Why, dear, you do get stout!”
“You think so, dear, no doubt:
Are you in a decline?”
“Keep your temper, and I'll keep mine.
Come, girls,” (“O thank you, miller!”)
“We'll go home when you will.”
So, as we crossed the hill,
A clown came in great grief
Crying, “Stop thief! stop thief!
O what a wretch I am!”
“Well, fellow, here's a clatter!
Well, what's the matter?”
“O Lord, O Lord, the wolf has got my lamb!”
Now at that word of woe,
The beauties came and clung about me so
That if wolf had but shown himself, maybe
I too had caught a lamb that fled to me.
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