The Posy Ring: A Book of Verse for ChildrenDoubleday, Page & Company, 1903 - 283 páginas |
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The Posy Ring: A Book of Verse for Children Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin,Nora Archibald Smith Vista completa - 1903 |
Términos y frases comunes
Auld Daddy Darkness baby beautiful birdie blossoms blow blue Blynken Bob-o'-link bough bright brown Cecil Frances Alexander Celia Thaxter Charles Scribner's Sons chee child Christina G Christmas day creeping cried daisies Dandelion dreams Eugene Field eyes Fairies flowers gold Good-night grass gray green head heard heart heaven hill hush kiss lark laugh little bird little Dandelion little Gustava Little lamb Little white Lily look lullaby Margaret Deland Mary Howitt Mary Mapes Dodge merry mooly cow moon morning mother nest never night o'er peep play pleasant poor pray pretty rain ring Robert Louis Stevenson Robin Rockaby rose round sail sheep shining Sleep smiling snow snowbird soft softly song Spink Spring stars stole summer sweet tell thee things thou To-whit tree violets warm wild William Allingham William Brighty Rands wind wings wonderful Wynken yellow
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Página 135 - I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER. I REMEMBER, I remember The house where I was born, The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn : He never came a wink too soon, Nor brought too long a day, But now I often wish the night Had borne my breath away ! I remember, I remember...
Página 244 - Lo ! such the child whose early feet The paths of peace have trod ; Whose secret heart, with influence sweet, Is upward drawn to God.
Página 76 - White are his shoulders and white his crest. Hear him call in his merry note: "Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink; Look, what a nice new coat is mine, Sure there was never a bird so fine. Chee, chee, chee!" Robert of Lincoln's Quaker wife, Pretty and quiet, with plain brown wings, Passing at home a patient life, Broods in the grass while her husband sings: "Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink; Brood, kind creature; you need not fear Thieves and robbers while I am here. Chee,...
Página 135 - I remember I REMEMBER, I remember The house where I was born, The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn; He never came a wink too soon Nor brought too long a day; But now, I often wish the night Had borne my breath away. I remember, I remember The roses, red and white, The violets, and the lily-cups — Those flowers made of light!
Página 201 - The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea In a beautiful pea-green boat: They took some honey, and plenty of money Wrapped up in a five-pound note. The Owl looked up to the stars above, And sang to a small guitar, "O lovely Pussy, O Pussy, my love, What a beautiful Pussy you are, You are, You are!
Página 131 - Piping down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant glee, On a cloud I saw a child, And he laughing said to me : — ' Pipe a song about a lamb :
Página 107 - Of all beasts he learned the language, learned their names and all their secrets, How the beavers built their lodges, Where the squirrels hid their acorns, How the reindeer ran so swiftly, Why the rabbit was so timid, Talked with them whene'er he met them, Called them
Página 117 - Lamb she gave its evening meal. The Lamb, while from her hand he thus his supper took, Seemed to feast with head and ears; and his tail with pleasure shook. " Drink, pretty Creature, drink," she said in such a tone That I almost received her heart into my own.
Página 48 - I'll be as busy as they.' Then he flew to the mountain, and powdered its crest ; He lit on the trees, and their boughs he dressed In diamond beads ; and over the breast Of the quivering lake he spread A coat of mail, that it need not fear The downward point of many a spear That he hung on its margin, far and near, Where a rock could rear its head.
Página 203 - There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's treading on my tail. See how eagerly the lobsters and the turtles all advance! They are waiting on the shingle — will you come and join the dance? Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, will you join the dance?