Rossetti, Christina Georgina, 1830-1894, Hughes, Arthur, 1832-1915, ill · London : Macmillan · leaf 124
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. … Boats sail on the rivers, And ships sail on the seas ; But clouds that sail across the skyAre prettier far than these. There are bridges on the rivers, As pretty as you please ;But the bow that bridges heaven, And overtops the trees,And builds a road from earth to sky, Is prettier far than these.…
Nursery rhymes
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