Rossetti, Christina Georgina, 1830-1894, Hughes, Arthur, 1832-1915, ill · London : Macmillan · leaf 45
My baby has a mottled fist, My baby has a neck in creases ; My baby kisses and is kissed, For he s the very thing for kisses. 23 … •K^<P5 Why did baby die,Making Father sigh,Mother cry ? Flowers, that bloom to die,Make no replyOf why?But bow and die.
Nursery rhymes
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