Children of the sun, etc., etc., etc. : poems for the young (1869)
Gemmer, C. M. (Caroline M.) · London : F. Warne ; New York : Scribner, Welford · leaf 23
the sunset splendourBegin to disappear. They rise and hasten homeward,Their sweetly-smelling store Into nurse or mothers keepingWith dimpled hands to pour ; But three who bore no flowers,With sulky frowning look, Quarrelled together, kickingThe stones about the brook. Twas he who robbed the… … GOODY BUDGET. GOODY BUDGET. 19 GOODY BUDGET. Old Goody Budget awoke with the morn,And her very first thought was her young green corn ;With a moan and a mutter she turned out of bed,A touch of rheumatics in shoulder and head..Crying, Woe to the first little bird I shall meetPecking the ears of my…
Children's poetry, English
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