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MOTHER GOOSE RHYMES

The captain was a duck,

With a packet on his back;

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And when the ship began to move,
The captain said, "Quack! quack!”

Little Bo-peep

Little Bo-peep has lost her sheep,
And can't tell where to find them;
Leave them alone and they'll come home,
And bring their tails behind them.

Little Bo-peep fell fast asleep,

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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,
Determined for to find them;

She found them indeed, but it made her heart bleed,

For they'd left their tails behind them.

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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
Himself must either hold or drive.

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!
The glow-worm is lighting her lamp,

LADYBIRD, LADYBIRD

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The dew's falling fast, and your fine speckled wings

Will flag with the close-clinging damp.

Ladybird, ladybird! fly away home!
Good luck if you reach it at last!
The owl's come abroad, and the bat's on 5
the roam,

Sharp-set from their Ramazan1 fast.

Ladybird, ladybird! fly away home!
The fairy bells tinkle afar!

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.

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Ladybird, ladybird! fly away home!
And if not gobbled up by the way,
Nor yoked by the fairies to Oberon's car,
You're in luck! and that's all I've to
say!

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SARAH JOSEPHA HALE

AMERICA, 1788-1879

Mary had a Little Lamb

Mary had a little lamb,

Its fleece was white as snow;
And everywhere that Mary went,
The lamb was sure to go.

He followed her to school one day,
That was against the rule;

It made the children laugh and play,
To see a lamb at school.

And so the teacher turned him out,
And still he lingered near,

And waited patiently about,
Till Mary did appear:

MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB

And then he ran to her, and laid
His head upon her arm,

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.

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"Oh! Mary loves the lamb, you know," The teacher did reply.

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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,
The wind is passing through.

Who has seen the wind?

Neither you nor I:

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But when the trees bow down their heads 15

The wind is passing by.

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