Taylor, Jane, 1783-1824, Taylor, Ann, 1782-1866 · Philadelphia : T. Ash · leaf 42
ou must totter ere long, Like him you must sink to the grave. Those limbs that so actively play, That face beaming pleasure and mirth, Likehis must drop into decay,And moulder away in the earth. Then ere that dark season of nightWhen youth and its energies cease, 0 ! follow with zeal and… … THE APPLE TREE. OLD John had an apple-tree, healthy and green,Which bore the best codlins that ever was seen, So juicy, so mellow, and red ;And when they were ripe, as old Johnny was poor,He sold them to children that passed by his door, To buy him a morsel of bread. Little Dick, his next…
Children's poetry, English
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