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 35
cute.For fear Id spoil the feast-day, Theyve kept me in the hall ;Dear Mamma, happy birthday ! And Heaven bless us all ! Eighth Child : I am a blue Forget-Me-Not, My Papa loves me best;Im very small ; oh ! let me not Be lost among the rest.I bloom for evry feast-day, In summer, spring, or… … Dear Mamma, on your feast-day(Wrapped up in Nurses shawl) I wish you happy birthday,And Heaven bless us all ! Papa concludes (standing in the midst of the chil-dreii): What do you think, dear Mamma,Of these bright buds of ours ?They run and walk,They laugh and talk,Like very funny flowers. LITTLE…
Children's poetry · Poetry
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