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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org/license - - -Title: Buds and flowers of childish life - -Author: Oscar Pletsch - -Release Date: July 28, 2020 [EBook #62778] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BUDS AND FLOWERS OF CHILDISH LIFE *** - - - - -Produced by Charlene Taylor, Chuck Greif and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive) - - - - - - - - - - [Illustration: LEIGHTON, BROS.] - - - - - [Illustration: - - BUDS AND BLOSSOMS - OF - CHILDISH LIFE - ] - - - - - BUDS AND FLOWERS - - OF - - CHILDISH LIFE. - - WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY OSCAR PLETSCH. - - Beautifully Printed in Colours. - - - LONDON: - GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS, - THE BROADWAY, LUDGATE HILL. - - NEW YORK: 416, BROOME STREET. - - LONDON: - LEIGHTON, BROTHERS, MILFORD LANE, STRAND. - - [Illustration] - - - - - BUDS AND FLOWERS - - OF - - CHILDISH LIFE. - - - Here’s Emily, saying good night, - O what a sweet little Miss! - She’s not sleepy but dolly is quite, - Come dear and give me a kiss. - - She’s been running about all the day, - She’s had tea with some jam on her bread, - There’s a time both for tea and for play, - And now it is time for her bed. - - My little baby - Is so very small - That she can scarcely toddle, - And can’t speak at all. - - But she can stand a-tip-toe, - If she can’t walk, - And she can look at pictures, - Though she can’t talk. - - Come little baby, - Sit on mother’s knee, - She shall look at a pretty book, - And then have tea. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - - - Din, din, din, - We’re ready to begin. - We’re so hungry that we can’t wait. - - O what a clatter - Of spoon and platter! - What’s Mary doing that she’s so late? - - Drum, drum, drum, - Now she’s come. - Look at naughty Ned with his plate upon his head! - - Din, din, din, - Now we’ll begin. - Mary brings the soup and father cuts the bread. - - I am his mother, - And he is your brother, - There’s ne’er such another - In all the world round. - - His smile is the queerest, - His eyes are the clearest, - His face is the dearest, - That ever were found. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - - - This is my birthday, - O what a mirth-day! - And O how lucky I am! - I have dollies and carts, - I have eaten three tarts, - And now here’s a big pot of jam. - - Emma! just look, - What a wonderful cook! - Currant and raisin - She puts in the basin, - Only see how her hand throws in the flour. - - Sugar and suet, - She knows how to do it. - Now then crumbs, - Now more plums, - She puts everything good into our Christmas pudding. - - Eggs half a score, - And many things more, - Lemon-peel candied, - And everything brandied, - O what a treat it will be when completed. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - - O Fanny, dear Fanny, - Make haste with the bed, - My doll is so tired - That she can’t raise her head. - - Your doll is so old, - She can sit up till eight, - But mine is quite ill - If she stays up so late. - - We’ve set out the tea things, - We’ve coffee and tea, - There is no one to drink them - But dolly and we. - - We’ve muffins and crumpets, - We’ve biscuit and cake, - If no one will eat them, - Our hearts they will break. - - So I’ll go out this way, - And you go out that, - We will ask all our neighbours - To come in and chat. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - - I have an apple, - Which hand has got it? - Left hand or right hand? - No, Sir, that’s not it. - - Now then, try again, - Don’t look so grave, - This or that, Sir, - Which will you have? - - Left or right, now, tell me quick? - There’s either an apple or nothing for Dick. - - Here’s master Jack, - With his bag at his back, - What do you think he is at? - Two gay butterflies, - With their wings full of eyes, - He’s trying to catch in his hat. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - - The chaise is at the door my dear, - Are you quite ready? - How restive these new horses are! - Now then--steady. - Gee wo, gee wo. - - Take care how you get in my dear, - And mind our lovely child, - It would only take a little thing - To make these horses wild. - Ge wo, gee wo. - - Here’s little Freddy, - He sits in his tub, - He is quite ready - To have a good rub. - He is the little man for me - Waiting there so patiently. - - While master Harry - Does nothing but squall, - And says when he’s older - He won’t wash at all. - What a naughty little man - Who will be dirty if he can. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - - Fast asleep lies little May - With dolly on her breast, - Tread gently as you come away, - And don’t disturb her rest. - - Her little soul it knows no fear, - No thought of sin or sorrow, - And God will take good care of her - Until she wakes to-morrow. - - Fanny loves, - Her pretty doves, - Fan, and Puff, and Plum, - Cream and Brown, - They flutter down, - And all around her come. - Coo, coo, - How d’ye do? - Quite well, thank you, how are you? - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - - Those rude little boys, - They do nothing but stare, - As I ride through the snow - In my pretty sledge chair. - - My muff and my bonnet, - They eye them all o’er, - As though they had not seen - A lady before. - - Jack has pulled a tooth out, - What a clever boy! - He shall have a sixpence, - Or a nice new toy. - - Without doctor helping - He loosened it so well, - When he gave a great tug, - On the ground it fell. - - Maggie put it in the drawer, - And when papa comes back, - We’ll show it him, and he will say, - “What a brave boy is Jack!” - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - - The queen of the summer, - She sits on her throne, - And every new comer - Her beauty must own. - - Dick waits upon her, - A minister sage, - I’m maid of honour, - And pussy’s her page. - - Let’s have a game of play, - But Jane sha’n’t come, - She told of Walter - Because he picked a plum. - - “O I’m very sorry, - I won’t do it again,” - “We can’t trust you, - Tell-tale Jane.” - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - - Underneath the soft green grass - Little birdie lies, - Who used to sing so merrily - Above in summer skies. - - Sadly we have made his grave - Where the roses blow, - Never more he’ll sing to us - As to school we go. - - Press the sod so firmly down, - And smooth it o’er with care, - Then we’ll water it again, - And leave poor birdie there. - - My dear little Lizzie, - Pray mind you don’t fall, - You’re too weak to climb up - That tub by the wall. - - For you may turn dizzy, - And go in like a fly, - And brother and sister, - Will sit down and cry. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - - Two boys beyond the mill, - Their kites are flying, - Two more who climb the hill - Will soon be trying. - - Which of them will higher fly, - Tom’s blue tail or Bob’s red eye? - - Left--right--stand at ease. - Hands out of pocket, Sir! - Such lazy habits ill become - A British Volunteer. - - Right about face! now, left wheel! halt! - Mary does it best. - If you are so tired, you lazy boy, - You had better fall out and rest. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - - In the early morning, - When the air is cool, - Look at little Emily, - Going off to school. - - Flowers for the mistress, - And books in a bag, - Run away, Emily, - And mind you don’t lag. - - A. B. C. D. E. F. G. - Little Robin Redbreast sitting on a tree. - - H. I. J. K. L. M. N. - He made love to little Jenny Wren. - - O. P. Q. R. S. T. U. - Dear little Jenny I should like to marry you. - - V. & W. X. Y. Z. - Poor little Jenny she blushed quite red. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - - Let’s have a slide, - Haven’t you tried? - You must mind if you fall. - - Now a good run, - That’s well done, - Plump we go into them all. - - A saucy boy, - Had got no toy, - And didn’t know what to do, - So he rumpled his frock, - And tore his sock, - And tried to eat his shoe. - - Is not Mary clever? - Now Mamma has taught her, - She makes the ducks swim where she will, - Upon a dish of water. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - - Father is a soldier, - In a coat of red, - He takes me and throws me - Right above his head. - - Down upon the green grass, - Up above his cap, - Now he throws me like a ball - Into mother’s lap. - - Do it again Papa, - High as you can, - I’d be a soldier - If I were a man. - - In a summer garden - Little son and daughter, - Oh dear, how hot it is! - A penny for some water. - - Mary to the pump ran, - And tucked up her gown, - She has pushed the handle up - And can’t get it down. - - Jump upon the tub then, - Pull with might and main, - Up and down, and up and down, - Now it comes like rain. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - - Dear me children what a rout, - Tell me how it all fell out. - - “Please Mamma, it’s Tommy’s fault,” - “No it isn’t, its Theresa’s.” - - “He filled the baby’s mouth with salt.” - “She plucked the kitten with the tweezers.” - - “They won’t let me do my sum.” - “Bob I wish you’d stop that squealing.” - - “Willie’s hit me on the thumb.” - “Look at Charlotte, she is stealing.” - - Dear me what a horrid noise, - Go to bed both girls and boys. - - Jenny, come again and play, - And don’t so sulky be, - I merely took your ball away, - And hid it in a tree. - - Lily’s waiting at the stile, - In her hand a basket, - Jenny, raise your head and smile, - Won’t you, when I ask it? - - That’s right, - Come away, - Sun’s bright, - We will play - Merrily, merrily all the day. - -[Illustration] - - - - - -End of Project Gutenberg's Buds and flowers of childish life, by Oscar Pletsch - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BUDS AND FLOWERS OF CHILDISH LIFE *** - -***** This file should be named 62778-0.txt or 62778-0.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/6/2/7/7/62778/ - -Produced by Charlene Taylor, Chuck Greif and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive) - - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions -will be renamed. - -Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no -one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation -(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without -permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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