MOTHER GOOSE RHYMES The captain was a duck, With a packet on his back; 11 And when the ship began to move, Little Bo-peep Little Bo-peep has lost her sheep, Little Bo-peep fell fast asleep, 5 And dreamed she heard them bleating; 10 But when she awoke she found it a joke, For they were still a-fleeting. Then up she took her little crook, She found them indeed, but it made her heart bleed, For they'd left their tails behind them. 15 5 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AMERICA, 1706-1790 He who would Thrive He who would thrive Must rise at five; He who hath thriven May lie till seven; And he who by the plough would thrive CAROLINE B. SOUTHEY ENGLAND, 1786-1854 Ladybird, Ladybird! Ladybird, ladybird! fly away home! The field-mouse has gone to her nest, The daisies have shut up their sleepy red eyes, 10 And the bees and the birds are at rest. Ladybird, ladybird! fly away home! LADYBIRD, LADYBIRD 13 The dew's falling fast, and your fine speckled wings Will flag with the close-clinging damp. Ladybird, ladybird! fly away home! Sharp-set from their Ramazan1 fast. Ladybird, ladybird! fly away home! Make haste or they'll catch you, and harness you fast With a cobweb to Oberon's car. Ladybird, ladybird! fly away home! To your house in the old willow tree, Where your children so dear have invited the ant And a few cozy neighbors to tea. 1 Ramazan, the holy month of the Mohammedans, in which they keep their Lenten fast. 10 Ladybird, ladybird! fly away home! 10 15 SARAH JOSEPHA HALE AMERICA, 1788-1879 Mary had a Little Lamb Mary had a little lamb, Its fleece was white as snow; He followed her to school one day, It made the children laugh and play, And so the teacher turned him out, And waited patiently about, MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB And then he ran to her, and laid As if he said, "I'm not afraid; You'll save me from all harm.' "What makes the lamb love Mary so? The eager children cry. 15 "Oh! Mary loves the lamb, you know," The teacher did reply. 5 CHRISTINA G. ROSSETTI ENGLAND, 1830-1894 Who has seen the Wind? Who has seen the wind? Neither I nor you: But when the leaves hang trembling, Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor I: 10 But when the trees bow down their heads 15 The wind is passing by. |