“Lulled by my violin’s music Like the spell of the starry skies, A sense of the infinite moves you. Sleep! What do you wish for more? “A sense of the infinite moves you And me to loftier heights, Away from earth’s striving tumult, Sleep! What do you wish for more? “Away from earth’s striving tumult,” etc. When the repetition is of single letters and syllables, instead of whole sentences, we call it alliteration and rhyme. A few examples will suffice to show that both are as important to the sound plays of children as to the poetry of adults. The alliteration may be mere repetition, as even the babbling babe loves to duplicate sounds, and while sometimes logical connection of ideas is conveyed as well (Haus und Hof, hearth and home), children enjoy meaningless sound-play quite as well. “Hinters’ Hanse Hinterhaus Haut Haus Holderholz Hetzt Hund und Hühnerhund Hart hinter’m Hase her.” “Meiner Mutter Magd macht mir mein mus mit meiner Mutter Mehl.” “Können Kaiser Karls’ Köch Kalbsköpf und Kabisköpf kochen?” “Round the rugged riven rock the ragged rascal rapid ran.” “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.” “Didon dina, dit-on, du dos d’un dodu dindon.” As an example of original production, take this composition of Willie F——’s, which he liked to recite as he pushed his wagon about the room: “Wein, wein, wein, wein, wein, wein, wam, Wein, wein, wein, wein, wein, wein, wam,” etc. The verse of Ennius, “O Tyte, tuti Tati, tibi tanta, tyranne tulisti,” shows that adults, too, enjoy such alliteration, not only as a promoter of poetic beauty, but also for the mere play of sound. Rhyme is often mere reduplication,[79] its agreeableness being due to the actual musical quality to which identity and variety contribute, to repetition as such, and to its unifying effect on the two words or lines concerned. Children show enjoyment of rhyme at a very early age, and as soon as they can talk often amuse themselves with such combinations as Emma-bemma, Mutter-Butter, Wagon-Pagon, Hester-pester, and the like.[80] And there are many counting out rhymes where the original meaning of the words is lost, and only the jingle remains, as: “Ane-Kane, Hacke-Packe, Relle-Belle, Rädli-Bägli, Zinke-Pinke, Uff-Puff: Das fûle, futze Galgevögeli Hocket hinten ûff.” “Wonary, uary, icary, Ann, Philison, folison, Nicholas, John, Quimby, quamby, Virgin Mary, Stringulum, strangulum, Buck!” “Eindli-Beindli. Drittmann-Eindli, Silberhauke, Finggefauke, Pärli, puff, Bettel duss.” “Anige hanige, Sarege-sirige, Ripeti-pipeti-knoll!”[81]