• There! little girl, don’t cry!
        They have broken your doll, I know;
          And your tea-set blue,
          And your play-house, too,
        Are things of the long ago;
          But childish troubles will soon pass by.—
              There! little girl, don’t cry!

    There! little girl, don’t cry!
        They have broken your slate, I know;...

  • There! little girl, don’t cry!
        They have broken your doll, I know;
          And your tea-set blue,
          And your play-house, too,
        Are things of the long ago;
          But childish troubles will soon pass by.—
              There! little girl, don’t cry!

    There! little girl, don’t cry!
        They have broken your slate, I know;...

  • There was a monkey climbed up a tree,
    When he fell down, then down full he.

    There was a crow sat on a stone,
    When he was gone, then there was none.

    There was an old wife did eat an apple,
    When she had eat two, she had eat a couple.

    There was a horse going to the mill,
    When he went on, he stood not still.

    There was a...

  • Not in this world to see his face

    Sounds long, until I read the place

    Where this is said to be

    But just the primer to a life

    Unopened, rare, upon the shelf,

    Clasped yet to him and me.


    And yet, my primer suits me so...