Poetry for children
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1. Front matter2. To the Gentle Reader3. THE FIRST TOOTH4. THE BOY AND THE SKYLARK A FABLE5. THE RAINBOW6. QUEEN ORIANA’S DREAM7. THE SISTER’S EXPOSTULATION ON THE BROTHER’S LEARNING LATIN8. THE BROTHER’S REPLY9. ON THE LORD’S PRAYER10. DAVID IN THE CAVE OF ADULLAM11. CLEANLINESS12. TO A RIVER IN WHICH A CHILD WAS DROWNED13. THE BOY AND SNAKE14. THE BEASTS IN THE TOWER15. TIME SPENT IN DRESS16. A BALLAD: NOTING THE DIFFERENCE OF RICH AND POOR, IN THE WAYS OF A RICH NOBLE’S PALACE AND A POOR WORKHOUSE To the tune of the “Old and Young Courtier.”17. THE BROKEN DOLL18. GOING INTO BREECHES19. THE THREE FRIENDS20. MEMORY21. SALOME22. THE PEACH23. THE MAGPIE’S NEST A FABLE24. NURSING25. THE ROOK AND THE SPARROWS26. FEIGNED COURAGE27. HESTER28. HELEN29. THE BEGGAR MAN30. BREAKFAST31. THE COFFEE SLIPS32. WRITTEN IN THE FIRST LEAF OF A CHILD’S MEMORANDUM BOOK33. ENVY34. DIALOGUE BETWEEN A MOTHER & CHILD35. THE FIRST SIGHT OF GREEN FIELDS36. LINES SUGGESTED BY A PICTURE OF TWO FEMALES BY LEONARDO DA VINCI37. LINES ON THE SAME PICTURE BEING REMOVED TO MAKE PLACE FOR A PORTRAIT OF A LADY BY TITIAN38. LINES ON THE CELEBRATED PICTURE BY LEONARDO DA VINCI, CALLED THE VIRGIN OF THE ROCKS39. ON THE SAME40. A VISION OF REPENTANCE