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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[Hearing is audītus]
Hearing is audītus,
Infant's cry vagītus;
Lacryma's a briny tear:
Tears and heavy sighing,
Baby's piteous crying,
Ne'er may mother see or hear!
Infant's cry vagītus;
Lacryma's a briny tear:
Tears and heavy sighing,
Baby's piteous crying,
Ne'er may mother see or hear!
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Sharpest thorn is spina,
Sword's sheath is vagina.
Ensis means a sword of steel;
Foeman fell and fierce,
Ne'er my child shall pierce,
Tearing thorn she ne'er shall feel.
Sword's sheath is vagina.
Ensis means a sword of steel;
Foeman fell and fierce,
Ne'er my child shall pierce,
Tearing thorn she ne'er shall feel.
Seta is a bristle,
Carduus a thistle.
Aper is a foaming boar;
Thistle ne'er shall prick her,
Bristle ne'er shall stick her,
No wild beast my babe shall gore.
Carduus a thistle.
Aper is a foaming boar;
Thistle ne'er shall prick her,
Bristle ne'er shall stick her,
No wild beast my babe shall gore.
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