Rossetti, Christina Georgina, 1830-1894, Hughes, Arthur, 1832-1915, ill · London : Macmillan · leaf 123
A diamond or a coal ? A diamond, if you please :Who cares about a clumsy coal Beneath the summer trees ? A diamond or a coal ? A coal, sir, if you please :One comes to care about the coal What time the waters freeze. 101 … An emerald is as green as grass ; A ruby red as blood ;A sapphire shines as blue as heaven ; A flint lies in the mud. A diamond is a brilliant stone,To catch the worlds desire ; An opal holds a fiery spark ;But a flint holds fire. IO2 -V.-x.
Nursery rhymes
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