Children's poetry, English; English poetry -- 19th century
VI. The Brother’s Reply 26
VII. On the Lord’s Prayer 29
VIII. David in the Cave of Adullam 34
IX. Cleanliness 36
X. To a River in which a Child was drowned 39
XI. The Boy and Snake 40
XII. The Beasts in the Tower 43
XIII. Time spent in Dress 47
XIV. A Ballad: noting the difference of Rich and Poor, in the
Ways of a Rich Noble’s Palace and a Poor Workhouse 50
XV. The Broken Doll 55
XVI. Going into Breeches 57
XVII. The Three Friends 61
XVIII. Memory 72
XIX. Salome 74
XX. The Peach 78
XXI. The Magpie’s Nest 81
XXII. Nursing 87
XXIII. The Rook and the Sparrows 88
XXIV. Feigned Courage 91
XXV. Hester 94
XXVI. Helen 97
XXVII. The Beggar Man 100
XXVIII. Breakfast 104
XXIX. The Coffee Slips 107
XXX. Written in the First Leaf of a Child’s Memorandum Book 110
XXXI. Envy 112
XXXII. Dialogue between Mother and Child 114
XXXIII. The First Sight of Green Fields 116
XXXIV. Lines suggested by a Picture of two Females by Leonardo
da Vinci 119
XXXV. Lines on the same Picture being removed to make place
for a Portrait of a Lady by Titian 121
XXXVI. Lines on the celebrated Picture by Leonardo da Vinci,
called The Virgin of the Rocks 122
XXXVII. On the same 123
XXXVIII. A Vision of Repentance 124
[Illustration: THE FIRST TOOTH]
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