Pleasant rhymes for little readers, or, Jottings for juveniles (1866)
Josephine, fl. 1860, Kronheim, Joseph Martin, 1810-1896 · London : Houlston and Wright · leaf 84
reaches home in silence,Thinking of that child forlorn; And mamma inquires, with wonder,Where her merry smiles are Then with bursting tears she answers, Mary Eobins sits to cryBy the new grave in the churchyard, Where her poor dead parents lie. - Oh, mamma! let little Mary Sometimes come and play… … Sad and still sits little Mary, On the mossy churchyard wall,With the dying leaves around herDropping from the elm tree tall. The Orphan Comforted. 79 Good mamma with kindness promised She should on the morrow come;And at early morning Erne Fetched her to her happy home. Oh ! what sunshine after…
Children's poetry
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