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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HERBERT AND HIS NEW CRIB,
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HERBERT AND HIS NEW CRIB,
A PRESENT FROM A LADY.
Now the dew is falling fast,
Now the stars begin to blink
Herbert's merry day is past,
How his little eyelids wink!
Now the stars begin to blink
Herbert's merry day is past,
How his little eyelids wink!
Here he lies so snug and cosy,
Like a hare within her form;
Well may he be stout and rosy,
Kept so comfortably warm.
Like a hare within her form;
Well may he be stout and rosy,
Kept so comfortably warm.
Here he lies and takes his rest,
In the bed the lady gave,
Like a bird within his nest,
Though without the winds may rave.
In the bed the lady gave,
Like a bird within his nest,
Though without the winds may rave.
Winds the wither'd leaves may scatter,
Cannot shake my darling's bed;
Showers against the window patter,
Ne'er a drop on him can shed.
Cannot shake my darling's bed;
Showers against the window patter,
Ne'er a drop on him can shed.
Driving hail, and snow, and sleet,
Shall not make my Herbert cold;
In his blanket and his sheet,
So securely he's enroll'd.
Shall not make my Herbert cold;
In his blanket and his sheet,
So securely he's enroll'd.
Funny people p'rhaps may laugh,
When they hear that Herbert's bed
Is for feathers stuffed with chaff;—
But on down he lays his head.
When they hear that Herbert's bed
Is for feathers stuffed with chaff;—
But on down he lays his head.
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This good frame-work which you see
Frame-work strong of solid wood,
Once has been a leafy tree—
Once amid the forest stood.
Frame-work strong of solid wood,
Once has been a leafy tree—
Once amid the forest stood.
While the sides of polished cane
From the feathery bamboo,
Ere they cross'd the broad blue main,
By the streams of India grew.
From the feathery bamboo,
Ere they cross'd the broad blue main,
By the streams of India grew.
Kindest thanks my boy must send—
Thanks have long been justly owed,
To his dear Mama's good friend,
Who the useful gift bestowed.
Thanks have long been justly owed,
To his dear Mama's good friend,
Who the useful gift bestowed.
Some are lodging on the ground,
Some on pallet coarsely spread;
Happy he who slumbers sound
In a comfortable bed!
Some on pallet coarsely spread;
Happy he who slumbers sound
In a comfortable bed!
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