This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1873 edition. Excerpt: …cry, There goes the curly-headed boy, The boy that never told a lie. Unele John. I $tme 17th. THE STAR. ASKED the twinkling star Who taught him how to shine, And run with such a steady pace Along his proper line; And he told me it was God who made him shine so bright, And trim his little tiny lamp to cheer the lonely night. Rhymes worth Remembering. THE HIGHLAND GIRL. SWEET Highland girl, a very shower Of beauty is thy earthly dower! Twice seven consenting years have shed Their utmost bounty on thy head. Yet dream and vision as thou art, I bless thee with a human heart! With earnest feeling I shall pray For thee when I am far away. Wordsworth. WHERE THE BEE SUCKS. W THERE the bee sucks, there suck I; V V In a cowslip’s bell I lie: There I couch, when owls do cry. On the bat’s back I do fly, After summer merrily, merrily: Merrily, merrily, shall I live now, Under the blossom that hangs on the bough. Shakespeare. uiu 2ot!). THE SQUIRREL. r P, HE squirrel is happy, the squirrel is gay, X Said Harry one day to his brother; He has nothing to do, or think of, but play, And to jump from one tree to another.
The squirrel, dear Harry, is merry and wise, For true wisdom and mirth go together: So he gathers in summer his winter supplies, And then he don’t mind the cold weather. Bernard Barton. SUMMER RAIN. GENTLE, gentle, summer rain, Let not the silver lily pine, The drooping lily pine, in vain To feel that dewy touch of thine; To drink thy freshness once again, gentle, gentle, summer rain. Benndt. luIU 2 2O. THE TIP IN THE MUD. WHEN I was still a boy and mother’s pride, A bigger boy spoke up to me so kind-like, If you do like, I’ll treat you with a ride In this…
