Rhymes for the nursery By the authors of "Original Poems" [i.e. Ann Taylor]. Twenty-seventeenth edition |
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The Ant's Nest.
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The Ant's Nest.
It is such a beautiful day,
And the sun shines so bright and so warm,
That the little ants, busy and gay,
Are come from their holes in a swarm.
And the sun shines so bright and so warm,
That the little ants, busy and gay,
Are come from their holes in a swarm.
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All the winter together they sleep,
Or in underground passages run,
Not one of them daring to peep,
To see the bright face of the sun.
Or in underground passages run,
Not one of them daring to peep,
To see the bright face of the sun.
But the snow is now melted away,
And the trees are all cover'd with green;
And the little ants, busy and gay,
Creeping out from their houses are seen.
And the trees are all cover'd with green;
And the little ants, busy and gay,
Creeping out from their houses are seen.
They've left us no room to go by,
So we'll step aside on to the grass,
For a hundred poor insects might die,
Under your little feet as they pass.
So we'll step aside on to the grass,
For a hundred poor insects might die,
Under your little feet as they pass.
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