Rossetti, Christina Georgina, 1830-1894, Hughes, Arthur, 1832-1915, ill · London : Macmillan · leaf 108
A white hen sitting On white eggs three :Next, three speckled chickens As plump as plump can be. An owl, and a hawk, And a bat come to see :But chicks beneath their mothers wing Squat safe as safe can be. 86 … Currants on a bush, And figs upon a stem,And cherries on a bending bough, And Ned to gather them. Playing at bob cherry Tom and Nell and Hugh: Cherry bob ! cherry bob !There s a bob for you. Tom bobs a cherry For gaping snapping Hugh,While curly-pated Nelly Snaps at it too. Look, look, look— Oh…
Nursery rhymes
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