"It is very cruel, too," Said little Alice Neal; 66 "I wonder if he knew How sad the bird would feel?" A little boy hung down his head, I saw a ship a-sailing, And oh, it was all laden With pretty things for thee! There were comfits in the cabin, The sails were made of silk, And the masts were made of gold! The four and twenty sailors, That stood between the decks, Were four and twenty white mice, The captain was a duck, With a packet on his back; RHYMES. And when the ship began to move, Jack and Jill went up the hill, To fetch a pail of water; Jack fell down, and broke his crown, 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, And dreamed she heard them bleating; 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; 37 She found them indeed, but it made her heart bleed, For they'd left all their tails behind 'em. Little boy blue, come blow your horn, The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn; Where's the little boy that tends the sheep? Go wake him, go wake him. Oh, no, not I; Little girl, little girl, where have you been? Little Jack Horner sat in the corner, He put in his thumb, and he took out a plum, Little Johnny Pringle had a little pig; RHYMES. Little Miss Muffet There was a little man, And he had a little gun, And his bullets were made of lead, lead, lead; He went to the brook, And he saw a little duck, And shot it through the head, head, head. He carried it home To his wife Joan, And bade her a fire to make, make, make, To roast the little duck, He had shot in the brook, 39 And he'd go and fetch the drake, drake, drake. Little Tommy Tucker Sing for your supper. What shall I sing? White bread and butter. How shall I cut it Without any knife? How shall I marry Without any wife? PROVERBS AND POPULAR SAYINGS. At sixes and sevens. Beauty is but skin deep. Half a loaf is better than no bread. Better late than never. Better live well than long. Beware of no man more than thyself. By and by is easily said. Care will kill a cat. Cats hide their claws. Constant dropping wears the stone. Count not your chickens before they are hatched. Debt is the worst poverty. Do not spur a free horse. Don't cry till you are out of the wood. Drive thy business; let not that drive thee. Early to bed, and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. |