Pretty Lessons in Verse for Good Children; with Some Lessons in Latin, in Easy Rhyme. By Sara Coleridge. The Fourth Edition, with Many Cuts |
[Stagnum means a pool] |
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[Stagnum means a pool]
Stagnum means a pool,Fluvius a river;
Arcus means a bow,
Pharĕtra a quiver;
Telum means a dart,
Which in air doth quiver;
Frigus means the cold,
Which doth make us shiver;
Donum means a gift—
Be a noble giver;
Cor doth mean the heart,
Jecur means the liver;
Flumen, I am told,
Means a flowing river.
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