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 LOST SPOON AND FORK. |
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THE LOST SPOON AND FORK.
An elegant cup, I declare,
Of silver so pure and so bright,
Was given to my little boy,
And great was my Herbert's delight.
Of silver so pure and so bright,
Was given to my little boy,
And great was my Herbert's delight.
His joy would have been greater still
Could we but have placed in his sight
The pretty new spoon and the fork;
But they have not yet come to light.
Could we but have placed in his sight
The pretty new spoon and the fork;
But they have not yet come to light.
The cup of pure silver is made,
A finer you never took up;
Argentum is Latin for silver,
And poculum's Latin for cup.
A finer you never took up;
Argentum is Latin for silver,
And poculum's Latin for cup.
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