Little compliments of the season, and other tiny rhymes for tiny readers. Simple verses, original, selected and translated, for namedays, birthdays, Christmas, New Year, and other festive and social occasions (1887)
Donnelly, Eleanor C. (Eleanor Cecilia), 1838-1917. comp · New York [etc.] Benziger Brothers · leaf 31
He will be the best of friendsTo bless our bright New-Year. Then, dearest Mamma, let us leanIn faith upon His loving arm ; Our Father and our Friend unseenWill keep us from all harm. —From the French. Children to their Mother, with BirthdayFlowers. Before your birthday closes,Dear mother, here we… … l^tammas girtMag ^ouquzt; Made up by Papa from the Family Flowers. Papa speaks : As this is Mammas birthday. And such a charming day,At early dawn, upon the lawn, I plucked this large bouquet.They are the queerest flowers That eer from garden came ;They run and walk, they laugh and talk, And each…
Children's poetry · Poetry
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