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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[Ovis means a sheep]
Ovis
means a sheep,
Avis means a bird,
Equus means a horse,
Which is often spurred.
Avis means a bird,
Equus means a horse,
Which is often spurred.
Terra is the earth,
Solum is the ground;
Gramen is the grass
Which thereon is found.
Solum is the ground;
Gramen is the grass
Which thereon is found.
Ventus means the wind
Which is very loud;
Arbor means the tree
Which by wind is bowed.
Which is very loud;
Arbor means the tree
Which by wind is bowed.
Aura means a breeze,
Lacus means a lake;
Breezes shake the trees,
Breezes curl the lake.
Lacus means a lake;
Breezes shake the trees,
Breezes curl the lake.
Vacca means a cow,
Porcus means a pig;
Sus doth mean a sow,
Which is fat and big.
Porcus means a pig;
Sus doth mean a sow,
Which is fat and big.
Caper is a goat,
Aries a ram;
Taurus means a bull,
Agnus means a lamb.
Aries a ram;
Taurus means a bull,
Agnus means a lamb.
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