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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FRUITS.
In Latin, fructus is a fruit,
And bacca is a berry,
And mespĭlum the medlar brown,
And cerăsus a cherry.
And bacca is a berry,
And mespĭlum the medlar brown,
And cerăsus a cherry.
Oilva the green olive is,
And ficus means a fig;
And nux is Latin for a nut,
Which is not very big.
And ficus means a fig;
And nux is Latin for a nut,
Which is not very big.
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And fragum means a strawberry,
Which grows upon the ground;
And morum is the mulberry,
Which on a tree is found.
Which grows upon the ground;
And morum is the mulberry,
Which on a tree is found.
And nux castănea is that
Which we the chestnut call;
Nux avellāna likewise means
The filbert—best of all.
Which we the chestnut call;
Nux avellāna likewise means
The filbert—best of all.
And malum doth an apple mean,
Adorned with ruddy streak;
And malum Persĭcum the peach,
Which hath a glowing cheek.
Adorned with ruddy streak;
And malum Persĭcum the peach,
Which hath a glowing cheek.
And pomum means an apple, too,
And uva means a grape;
Cucurbĭta the swelling gourd,
So globular in shape.
And uva means a grape;
Cucurbĭta the swelling gourd,
So globular in shape.
And sorbum is the service-berry;
Prunum is a plum;
And glans the little acorn is,
From which the oak doth come.
Prunum is a plum;
And glans the little acorn is,
From which the oak doth come.
And dacty̆lus doth mean the date,
Which on the palm-tree grows;
And pyrum is the juicy pear,
With which my song shall close.
Which on the palm-tree grows;
And pyrum is the juicy pear,
With which my song shall close.
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