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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ANIMALS IN LATIN.
I am told cercopithēcus
Is the monkey's Latin name;
Simia is the ape so ugly,
Felis means the cat so tame.
Is the monkey's Latin name;
Simia is the ape so ugly,
Felis means the cat so tame.
Lutra is the swimming otter;
Skipping squirrel is sciūrus;
But the weasel is mustēla,
As the Latin books assure us.
Skipping squirrel is sciūrus;
But the weasel is mustēla,
As the Latin books assure us.
Bufo is the lurking toad,
Greatly prized by witch and wizard;
Rana is the leaping frog,
And lacertus is the lizard.
Greatly prized by witch and wizard;
Rana is the leaping frog,
And lacertus is the lizard.
Erīnaceus is the hedge-hog,
Talpa is the burrowing mole;
Mus the little nibbling mouse,
Which retires within his hole.
Talpa is the burrowing mole;
Mus the little nibbling mouse,
Which retires within his hole.
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Stellio's the spotted swift;
Vespertilio the bat;
Glis is Latin for the dormouse
Sorex is the sharp-eyed rat.
Vespertilio the bat;
Glis is Latin for the dormouse
Sorex is the sharp-eyed rat.
Serpens means the creeping serpent,
Colŭber doth mean the same;
Anguis is the poison'd snake,
Vipĕra's the viper's name.
Colŭber doth mean the same;
Anguis is the poison'd snake,
Vipĕra's the viper's name.
I have read, too, that echĭnus
Means the bristling rough sea-urchin:
All these words you'll surely find
When the classic works you search in.
Means the bristling rough sea-urchin:
All these words you'll surely find
When the classic works you search in.
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