Poems

Learning to Go Alone Come, my darling, come away, Take a pretty walk to-day; Run along, and never fear, I’ll take care of baby dear: Up […]

Meddlesome Matty One ugly trick has often spoil’d The sweetest and the best; Matilda, though a pleasant child, One ugly trick possess’d, Which, like a cloud […]

The Baby’s Dance Dance little baby, dance up high, Never mind baby, mother is by; Crow and caper, caper and crow, There little baby, there you […]

The Chatterbox From morning till night it was Lucy’s delight To chatter and talk without stopping: There was not a day but she rattled away, Like […]

The Cow Thank you, pretty cow, that made Pleasant milk to soak my bread, Every day and every night, Warm, and fresh, and sweet, and white. […]

The Cut Well, what’s the matter? there’s a face What ! has it cut a vein? And is it quite a shocking place? Come, let us […]

The Field Daisy I’m a pretty little thing, Always coming with the spring; In the meadows green I’m found, Peeping just above the ground, And my […]

The Little Cripple’s Complaint I’m a helpless cripple child, Gentle Christians, pity me; Once, in rosy health I smiled, Blithe and gay as you can be, […]

The Pin “Dear me! what signifies a pin! I’ll leave it on the floor; My pincushion has others in, Mamma has plenty more: A miser will […]

The Star Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are! Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky. When the […]