Rossetti, Christina Georgina, 1830-1894, Hughes, Arthur, 1832-1915, ill · London : Macmillan · leaf 127
Hurt no living thing : Ladybird, nor butterfly,Nor moth with dusty wing, Nor cricket chirping cheerily,Nor grasshopper so light of leap, Nor dancing gnat, nor beetle fat,Nor harmless worms that creep. … I caught a little ladybird That flies far away ;I caught a little lady wife That is both staid and gay. Come back, my scarlet ladybird, Back from far away ;I weary of my dolly wife, My wife that cannot play. She s such a senseless wooden thingShe stares the livelong day ; Her wig of gold is stiff…
Nursery rhymes
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