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I had a little nut-tree,
Nothing would it bear
I searched in all its branches,
But not a nut was there

"But, mamma, now, " said Charlotte, "pray, don't you believe That I'm better than Jenny, my nurse
Only see my red shoes, and the lace on my sleeve; Her clothes are a thousand times worse
"I ride in my coach, and have ...

Winifred Waters sat and sighed Under a weeping willow; When she went to bed she cried, Wetting all the pillow; Kept on crying night and day, Till her friends lost patience; "What shall we do to stop her, pray
" So said her relations...

Oft, in the silence of the night, When the lonely moon rides high,
When wintry winds are whistling, And we hear the owl's shrill cry,
In the quiet, dusky chamber, By the flickering firelight,
Rising up between two sleepers, Comes a ...

How happy is the little
That rambles in the Road alone,
And doesn't care about
And Exigencies never fears—

I am all tired out, said the mouth, with a pout,
I am all tired out with talk
Just wait, said the knee, till you're lame as you can be—And then have to walk—walk—walk
My work, said the hand, is the hardest in the land

This little toe is hungry—This little toe is too,
This toe lies abed like a sleepy head,
And this toe cries "Boo-hoo
"This toe big and tall is the smartest of

All in the town were still asleep,
When the sun came up with a shout and a leap
In the lonely streets unseen by man,
A little dog danced

'Twas a long bush night; and the old hut light Shone out thro' the open
To flood the knees of the great bush trees And the scrub that grew before
And, as I dreamed where the firelight gleamed, And watched the long hours lag,
Came th...

These little Songs,
Found here and there,
Floating in air By forest and lea,
Or hill-side heather,

In a cage of
The size of a man's head, the macaw bristles in a
Combustion, suffers the stoking devils of his eyes
In the old lady's parlour, where an aspidistra

A tearful tincture
Cabbage-green skies;
Beneath the dribbling
Your raincoats lie;