. Original poems, for infant minds . rongd Brunette she claspd within her arms. ADELAIDE. THE CUCKOO AND THE REDBREAST. The Cuckoo sings nobly on the tree,In strength of voice excelling me, Whilst leaves and fruits are how poor Robin sings for you,When natures beauties bid adieu, And leaves and fruits are , then, to me some crumbs of bread, 0 fling !And through the year my grateful thanks Ill sing When winters winds blow loud and rude,And birds retire in sullen mood, And snow makes white the ground;I sing, your drooping hearts to charm,And sure that youll not do me harm, I hop
. Original poems, for infant minds . rongd Brunette she claspd within her arms. ADELAIDE. THE CUCKOO AND THE REDBREAST. The Cuckoo sings nobly on the tree,In strength of voice excelling me, Whilst leaves and fruits are how poor Robin sings for you,When natures beauties bid adieu, And leaves and fruits are , then, to me some crumbs of bread, 0 fling !And through the year my grateful thanks Ill sing When winters winds blow loud and rude,And birds retire in sullen mood, And snow makes white the ground;I sing, your drooping hearts to charm,And sure that youll not do me harm, I hop your window , then, to me some crumbs of bread, 0 fling!And through the year my grateful thanks Ill sing. Since, friends, in you I put my trust,As you enjoy you should be just, And for your music pay ;And when I find a travller dead, 44 ORIGINAL POEMS, My bill with leaves the corpse shall spread, And sing his passing , then, to me some crumbs of bread, O fling!And through the year my grateful thanks Ill sing. IDLE DICKY AND THE GOAT. JOHN BROWN is a man without houses or lands,Himself he supports by the work of his hands ;He brings home his wages each Saturday night,To his wife and his children, a very good sight. His eldest boy, Dicky, on errands when sent, To loiter and chatter was very much bent; The neighbours all calld him an odd little trout, His shoes they were broke, and his toes they peepd out. To see such old shoes all their sorrows were rife;John Brown he much grievd and so did his wife,He kissd his boy Dicky and strokd his white head, You shall have a new pair, my dear boy, he then said, Ive here twenty shillings, and money has wings;Go, first, get the note changed, I want other things. FOR INFANT MINDS. 45 Now here comes the mischief:—this Dicky would stopAt an ill-looking, mean-looking, green grocers there livd a chattering dunce of a boy ;To prate with this urchin gave Dicky great joy. And now in his boasting, he shows him his
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