Rhymes for the nursery By the authors of "Original Poems" [i.e. Ann Taylor]. Twenty-seventeenth edition |
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The Spring Nosegay.
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The Spring Nosegay.
Come, my love, 'tis pleasant spring,
Let us make a posy gay:
Ev'ry pretty flow'r we'll bring,
Daisy white, and prickly May;
Then along the hedge we'll go,
Where the purple violets blow.
Let us make a posy gay:
Ev'ry pretty flow'r we'll bring,
Daisy white, and prickly May;
Then along the hedge we'll go,
Where the purple violets blow.
After that the primrose fair,
Looking very pale and dim;
And we'll search the meadows, where
Cowslips grow with yellow rim;
With a butter-cup or two,
Holding little drops of dew.
Looking very pale and dim;
And we'll search the meadows, where
Cowslips grow with yellow rim;
With a butter-cup or two,
Holding little drops of dew.
Then the snow-drop, hanging low
On its green and narrow stalk;
And the crocuses, that blow
Up and down the garden walk:
All these pretty flow'rs well bring,
To make a posy for the spring.
On its green and narrow stalk;
And the crocuses, that blow
Up and down the garden walk:
All these pretty flow'rs well bring,
To make a posy for the spring.
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