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Nine Little Goslings By: Susan Coolidge (1835-1905) |
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by SUSAN COOLIDGE, Author of "The New Year's Bargain," "Mischief's Thanksgiving," "What
Katy Did," "What Katy Did at School." With Illustrations. CURLY LOCKS.
GOOSEY, GOOSEY GANDER.
LITTLE BO PEEP.
MISTRESS MARY.
LADY BIRD.
ONE, TWO, BUCKLE MY SHOE.
RIDE A COCK HORSE.
LADY QUEEN ANNE.
UP, UP, UP, AND DOWN, DOWN, DOWN Y.
[Illustration] Boston:
Roberts Brothers.
1893. Copyright, 1875.
By Roberts Brothers. [Illustration] University Press ยท John Wilson & Son,
Cambridge. When nursery lamps are veiled, and nurse is singing
In accents low,
Timing her music to the cradle's swinging,
Now fast, now slow, Singing of Baby Bunting, soft and furry
In rabbit cloak,
Or rock a byed amid the toss and flurry
Of wind swept oak; Of Boy Blue sleeping with his horn beside him,
Of my son John,
Who went to bed (let all good boys deride him)
With stockings on; Of sweet Bo Peep following her lambkins straying;
Of Dames in shoes;
Of cows, considerate, 'mid the Piper's playing,
Which tune to choose; Of Gotham's wise men bowling o'er the billow,
Or him, less wise,
Who chose rough bramble bushes for a pillow,
And scratched his eyes, It may be, while she sings, that through the portal
Soft footsteps glide,
And, all invisible to grown up mortal,
At cradle side Sits Mother Goose herself, the dear old mother,
And rocks and croons,
In tones which Baby hearkens, but no other,
Her old new tunes! I think it must be so, else why, years after,
Do we retrace
And mix with shadowy, recollected laughter
Thoughts of that face; Seen, yet unseen, beaming across the ages,
Brimful of fun
And wit and wisdom, baffling all the sages
Under the sun? A grown up child has place still, which no other
May dare refuse;
I, grown up, bring this offering to our Mother,
To Mother Goose; And, standing with the babies at that olden,
Immortal knee,
I seem to feel her smile, benign and golden,
Falling on me.
[Illustration] CONTENTS.
CHAP PAGE
I. CURLY LOCKS 1
II. GOOSEY, GOOSEY GANDER 40
III. LITTLE BO PEEP 65
IV. MISTRESS MARY 101
V. LADY BIRD 137
VI. ONE, TWO, BUCKLE MY SHOE 165
VII. RIDE A COCK HORSE 197
VIII. LADY QUEEN ANNE 228
IX. UP, UP, UP, AND DOWN, DOWN, DOWN Y 259 [Illustration] [Illustration]
CURLY LOCKS.
WHEN a little girl is six and a little boy is six, they like pretty much
the same things and enjoy pretty much the same games. She wears an
apron, and he a jacket and trousers, but they are both equally fond of
running races, spinning tops, flying kites, going down hill on sleds,
and making a noise in the open air. But when the little girl gets to be
eleven or twelve, and to grow thin and long, so that every two months a
tuck has to be let down in her frocks, then a great difference becomes
visible. The boy goes on racing and whooping and comporting himself
generally like a young colt in a pasture; but she turns quiet and shy,
cares no longer for rough play or exercise, takes droll little
sentimental fancies into her head, and likes best the books which make
her cry... Continue reading book >>
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