w one day, at school, And each obeyed the teachers rule. Bright eyes were on their open books, Outside the sunny orchard nooks Sent fragrant breezes through the room To whisper of the summers bloom. A busy hum of voices rose, The morning lesson neared its close, When tap, tap, tap, upon the floor,… … Their A B, Ab, and B A, Ba, It heard, and solemnly did say: Baa! Baa! then scampered to the green, And never since in school has been. Those girls and boys soon learned to spell And read and write ; bnt who can tell How great that little calf became ? It may be, now, a cow of fame ! Or was that…
Children's poetry · Picture books for children
Internet Archive · Library of Congress · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
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