Babyland. [from old catalog] · Boston, D. Lothrop and company · leaf 50
ell you when?I lay on the grass to read, And I heard it then. Everything was pleasant;Bright the sun did shine; WHAT THE GRASSES SAID. Dew lay in the flowers eyes,Heavy sleep in mine; So I gently shut them; Soon they opened wide;For I heard the grasses talk Fast on every side ! This is what they… … WHAT THE GRASSES SAID. And we love the summer warm,But, oh, dear! oh, dear ! What will little grasses doWhen winter cold is here? How the wind will whistleRound about our heads ! Oh its very hard to haveNo covers on our beds ! Then the wise red-rose bushTall, and rough and old, Shook his head, and…
Nursery rhymes
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