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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PASTORALS.
In Latin ovis means a sheep,
And aries a ram;
And vervex is a wether's name,
And agnus means a lamb.
And aries a ram;
And vervex is a wether's name,
And agnus means a lamb.
And lana is the name for wool,
And vellus means a fleece;
And tonsor is the shearer kind,
Who doth the sheep release.
And vellus means a fleece;
And tonsor is the shearer kind,
Who doth the sheep release.
But pastor is the shepherd's name,
And pedum is his crook,
And fistula the flute or pipe
No shepherd e'er forsook.
And pedum is his crook,
And fistula the flute or pipe
No shepherd e'er forsook.
And grex is Latin for a flock;
Ovīle means a fold,
Tugurium the little hut,
So lowly to behold.
Ovīle means a fold,
Tugurium the little hut,
So lowly to behold.
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And pratum doth the meadow mean,
Where tender herbage grows;
And rivus is the rivulet
Which by the meadow flows.
Where tender herbage grows;
And rivus is the rivulet
Which by the meadow flows.
And gramen is the dewy grass
Well cropped by nibbling flocks;
And canis is the barking dog
Which drives them from the rocks.
Well cropped by nibbling flocks;
And canis is the barking dog
Which drives them from the rocks.
And umbra is the shade they seek
Within the ancient grove;
And sepes is the verdant fence
O'er which they may not rove.
Within the ancient grove;
And sepes is the verdant fence
O'er which they may not rove.
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