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poem is a statue, not a quarry. H.E.S. BOSTON, _October_, 1893. CONTENTS. ALPHABET. BEES. If it be to-morrow day,
Take your wings and fly away. Up, and in the air again,
Flap, flap, flap! And now she stops, and now she drops
Into the rose's lap. "Come, just a minute come,
From your rose so red." Hum, hum, hum, hum--
That was all she said. "Come, just a moment come,
From your snowy bed." Hum, hum, hum, hum--
That was all she said. You used to come at ten o'clock,
But now you come at noon. As blind as a bat. As dark as pitch. As dead as a door nail. As dead as a herring. As merry as a cricket. As sharp as a razor. As true as steel. Oh, what a hat! I was some ice
So white and so nice,
But which nobody tasted;
And so it was wasted. Fly away, kite! L was a lily,
So white and so sweet! P was a polly. S was the sugar-tongs,
Nippity-nee,
To take up the sugar
To put in our tea. THE EGG IN THE NEST. In comes the little dog,
"Pussy, are you there? "Thank you, thank you, little dog,
I'm very well just now." DAISIES. Every man for himself, and God for us all. Fools build houses, and wise men live in them. For every evil under the sun, there is a remedy, or there is none;
If there be one, try and find It; if there be none, never mind it. The cat's in the cupboard,
And she can't see. One a penny, two a penny. If ye have no daughters,
Give them to your sons. With cockle shells, and silver bells,
And pretty maids all of a row. "Oh, no, kind sir, you would snap our heads off." to-whee! "Not I," said the cow, "Moo-oo! Not I," said the cow, "Moo-oo! to-whee! "Not I," said the dog, "Bow-wow! I gave the hairs the nest to make,
But the nest I did not take. Not I," said the dog, "Bow-wow! I'm not so mean, anyhow." to-whee! Coo-coo! Coo-coo! Let me speak a word, too! "Not I," said the sheep; "oh, no! I gave wool the nest to line,
But the nest was none of mine. to-whee! Coo-coo! Coo-coo! Let me speak a word, too! said the hen;
"Don't ask me again,
Why, I haven't a chick
Would do such a trick. We all gave her a feather,
And she wove them together. said the hen,
"Don't ask me again." The captain was a duck,
With a packet on his back;
And when the ship began to move. The captain said, "Quack! Go wake him, go wake him. Oh, no, not I;
For if I awake him, he'll certainly cry. Little girl, little girl, what gave she you? So Johnny Pringle he sat down and cried,
And Betty Pringle she lay down and died. And he saw a little duck,
And shot it through the head, head, head. By and by is easily said. Early to bed, and early to rise,
Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. East or west, home is best. MY BED IS A BOAT. With cockle-shells, and silver bells,
And pretty maids all in a row. She went to the baker's
To buy him some bread;
But when she came back,
The poor dog was dead. She went to the joiner's
To buy him a coffin;
But when she came back. She went to the fishmonger's
To buy him some fish;
And when she came back,
He was licking the dish. She went to the ale-house
To get him some beer;
But when she came back,
The dog sat in a chair. She went to the tavern
For white wine and red;
But when she came back,
The dog stood on his head. She went to the hatter's
To buy him a hat;
But when she came back,
He was feeding the cat. She went to the barber's
To buy him a wig;
But when she came back,
He was dancing a jig. She went to the fruiterer's
To buy him some fruit;
But when she came back,
He was playing the flute. She went to the tailor's
To buy him a coat;
But when she came back,
He was riding a goat. She went to the cobbler's
To buy him some shoes;
But when she came back,
He was reading the news. She went to the seamstress
To buy him some linen;
But when she came back,
The dog was spinning. She went to the hosiers
To buy him some hose;
But when she came back,
He was dressed in his clothes. "Stop, stop, pretty water!" BED IN SUMMER. In summer, quite the other way,
I have to go to bed by day. A day after the fair. "Lost your mittens, you naughty kittens! "Mee-ow, mee-ow, mee-ow! And we can have no pie. Mee-ow, mee-ow, mee-ow!" And was going to the window
To say, "How do you do?" One foot up, the other foot down,
And that is the way to London town. PRETTY COW. Pretty cow, go there and dine. THE STAR. Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky. MARY'S LAMB. "Oh, Mary loves the lamb, you know,"
The teacher did reply. All your geese are swans. The pig was eat, and Tom was beat,
And Tom went roaring down the street. This pig stayed at home;
3. This pig said, "Wee, wee, wee! SINGING. THE COW. Such a number of rooks came over her head,
Crying "Caw! She did not say to the sun, "Good-night!" THE LAND OF NOD. "I'm going a-milking, sir," she said. May I go with you, my pretty maid? "You're kindly welcome, sir," she said. What is your father, my pretty maid? "My father's a farmer, sir," she said. Say, will you marry me, my pretty maid? "Yes, if you please, kind sir," she said. Will you be constant, my pretty maid? "That I can't promise you, sir," she said. Then I won't marry you, my pretty maid! "Nobody asked you, sir!" she said. "We," said the Wren,
Both the cock and the hen,
"And we'll bear the pall." "Play, play with me!" THE PIPER. "Piper, pipe that song again:"
So I piped; he wept to hear. I happy am,
Joy is my name.--
Sweet joy befall thee! THE LAMB. Little lamb, who made thee? Little lamb, I'll tell thee,
Little lamb, I'll tell thee. Little lamb, God bless thee,
Little lamb, God bless thee. THE LITTLE BOY LOST. Oh, do not walk so fast. THE LITTLE BOY FOUND. ON THE VOWELS. If the fifth you should pursue,
It can never fly from you. LETTERS. ON A CIRCLE. Give him an inch, and he'll take an ell. Happy as a king. SONG. YOUTH AND AGE. Impatient of his childhood,
"Ah me!" exclaims the father,
"I wish I were my son!" CHERRY-RIPE. He takes the bull by the horns. He that goes a borrowing, goes a sorrowing. I have other fish to fry. "ONE, TWO, THREE!" And she said: "You are _warm_ and _warmer_;
But you're not quite right," said she. THE BIRD AND ITS NEST. "Let me fly," says little birdie;
"Mother, let me fly away." So she rests a little longer,
Then she flies away. If she sleeps a little longer,
Baby, too, shall fly away. The more haste, the less speed. To break the ice. To buy a pig in a poke. By, at the gallop he goes, and then
By, he comes back at the gallop again. NONSENSE VERSES. When they said, "Is it small?" Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee. Like father, like son. SONG. SWEET AND LOW. "BREAK, BREAK, BREAK!" Break, break, break,
On thy cold gray stones, O Sea! Break, break, break,
At the foot of thy crags, O Sea! Love me little, love me long,
Is the burden of my song. No cross, no crown. Said the Table to the Chair,
"You can hardly be aware
How I suffer from the heat
And from chilblains on my feet. Said the Table with a sigh,
"It can do no harm to try. THE OWL. I. II. Said the Piggy, "I will." Out of debt out of danger. Out of the frying-pan into the fire. Save at the spiggot, and lose at the bung. Take away my good name, take away my life. FABLE. If I'm not so large as you,
You are not so small as I,
And not half so spry. TO A BUTTERFLY. To have a finger in the pie. To make a spoon, or spoil a horn. Waste not, want not. Where there's a will, there's a way. LUCY. The difference to me. LUCY GRAY, OR SOLITUDE. "That, Father! POOR SUSAN.