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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THE BOY THAT WON'T LIE IN HIS CRIB. |
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THE BOY THAT WON'T LIE IN HIS CRIB.
The Pig never breaks from his stye,
The cow is content in the manger,
Were Dobbin his stable to fly,
He only would fall into danger;
And Herbert must lie in his crib,
And rest for a while from his gambols:
His tongue which in prating is glib
I'd have him call in from its rambles.
The cow is content in the manger,
Were Dobbin his stable to fly,
He only would fall into danger;
And Herbert must lie in his crib,
And rest for a while from his gambols:
His tongue which in prating is glib
I'd have him call in from its rambles.
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The Ox is well pleased with his stall,
The Sheep in their fold are quite cheerful;
The Calf doesn't squabble and squall,
He ne'er in his pen lets a tear fall.
Then Herbert may well be ashamed
Worse manners to show than dumb cattle;
'Tis high time his spirit were tamed
If thus with his Nurse he must battle.
The Sheep in their fold are quite cheerful;
The Calf doesn't squabble and squall,
He ne'er in his pen lets a tear fall.
Then Herbert may well be ashamed
Worse manners to show than dumb cattle;
'Tis high time his spirit were tamed
If thus with his Nurse he must battle.
How happy are Bees in their hive
How merry are Birds in their cages!
The Bear in his prison will thrive,
And puts a constraint on his rages:
Hyænas behave pretty well
In the famed Zoological Garden;
Then sure for a boy to rebel
Would scarce be deserving of pardon.
How merry are Birds in their cages!
The Bear in his prison will thrive,
And puts a constraint on his rages:
Hyænas behave pretty well
In the famed Zoological Garden;
Then sure for a boy to rebel
Would scarce be deserving of pardon.
The Ostrich with very long legs,
Which oft o'er the desert has scamper'd,
And scraped the sand over her eggs,
With fortitude bears to be hamper'd.
The Vulture is ne'er seen to droop,
Nor e'en the Peruvian Condor,
Though kept in a bit of a coop—
On this, sir, I beg you will ponder.
Which oft o'er the desert has scamper'd,
And scraped the sand over her eggs,
With fortitude bears to be hamper'd.
The Vulture is ne'er seen to droop,
Nor e'en the Peruvian Condor,
Though kept in a bit of a coop—
On this, sir, I beg you will ponder.
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The Tiger, confined in a cage
No doubt is a little bit sullen;
His new English den, I'll engage,
The Lion considers a dull one.
But they can submit to their fate;
'Tis seldom they kick up a riot;
And Herbert must lay down his pate,
I'm sure he has nothing to cry at.
No doubt is a little bit sullen;
His new English den, I'll engage,
The Lion considers a dull one.
But they can submit to their fate;
'Tis seldom they kick up a riot;
And Herbert must lay down his pate,
I'm sure he has nothing to cry at.
The Elephant thinks of the days
When he in the forest was roaming,
Yet no want of patience betrays,
The Park he appears quite at home in;
Then, Herbert, how shocking it is
Than savage wild beasts to be fiercer.
Pray clear up that passionate phiz,
And not a word more let me hear, sir!
When he in the forest was roaming,
Yet no want of patience betrays,
The Park he appears quite at home in;
Then, Herbert, how shocking it is
Than savage wild beasts to be fiercer.
Pray clear up that passionate phiz,
And not a word more let me hear, sir!
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