Rossetti, Christina Georgina, 1830-1894, Hughes, Arthur, 1832-1915, ill · London : Macmillan · leaf 142
The peach tree on the southern wallHas basked so long beneath the sun, Her score of peaches great and smallBloom rosy, every one. A peach for brothers, one for each,A peach for you and a peach for me ; But the biggest, rosiest, downiest peachFor Grandmamma with her tea. 120 … A rose has thorns as well as honey,I 11 not have her for love or money ;An iris grows so straight and fine,That she shall be no friend of mine ;Snowdrops like the snow would chill me ;Nightshade would caress and kill me ;Crocus like a spear would fright me ;Dragons-mouth might bark or bite me…
Nursery rhymes
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