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Thanks to the sunshine,

Thanks to the rain!
Little white Lily
Is happy again.

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

SCOTLAND, 1850-1894

The Cow

5 The friendly cow all red and white, I love with all my heart;

She gives me cream with all her might, To eat with apple tart.

She wanders lowing here and there, 10 And yet she cannot stray, All in the pleasant open air,

The pleasant light of day.

And blown by all the winds that pass And wet with all the showers,

15 She walks among the meadow grass And eats the meadow flowers.

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Duck and drake on the rushy lake,

And the deer live safe in the breezy brake;

And timid, funny, pert little bunny
Winks his nose, and sits all sunny.

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

The Swing

How do you like to go up in a swing,
Up in the air so blue?

Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing
Ever a child can do!

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Up in the air and over the wall,

Till I can see so wide,

Rivers and trees and cattle, and all
Over the country side.

Till I look down on the garden green,
Down on the roof so brown;

Up in the air I go flying again,
Up in the air and down.

PHOEBE CARY

AMERICA, 1824-1871

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Suppose, my little lady,

Your doll should break her head; Could you make it whole by crying Till your eyes and nose were red? And wouldn't it be pleasanter

To treat it as a joke,

And say you're glad 'twas Dolly's,

And not your head, that broke?

SUPPOSE

Suppose you're dressed for walking,
And the rain comes pouring down;
Will it clear off any sooner

Because you scold and frown?
And wouldn't it be nicer

For you to smile than pout,

And so make sunshine in the house
When there is none without?

Suppose your task, my little man,

Is very hard to get;

Will it make it any easier
For you to sit and fret?
And wouldn't it be wiser
Than waiting like a dunce,
To go to work in earnest

And learn a thing at once?

Suppose that some boys have a horse,
And some a coach and pair;

Will it tire you less while walking
"It isn't fair"?

To say,

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