Pleasant rhymes for little readers, or, Jottings for juveniles (1866)
Josephine, fl. 1860, Kronheim, Joseph Martin, 1810-1896 · London : Houlston and Wright · leaf 79
And nights that know not sleep. Through the closed blinds the summer sunIs streaming pure and bright : Ah ! once I loved its lustre well, But now my aching eyelids tellI cannot bear its light ! I hear the careless merriment Of children at their play,And once, like them, / was a child,Of bounding… … A Sick Mother to her Children. 73 And when upon your golden heads My wasted hands I lay,I sometimes tremble lest ye findThe world inconstant and unkind, If I am called away. For in my heart dwells love for you Too deep for words to tell;So that I think my tears would flow,Even in heaven, if I…
Children's poetry
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