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Eric Lease Morgan Number of items in the collection; 'How big is my corpus?' ---------------------------------------------------------- 41 Average length of all items measured in words; "More or less, how big is each item?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 14626 Average readability score of all items (0 = difficult; 100 = easy) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 96 Top 50 statistically significant keywords; "What is my collection about?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 illustration 17 little 8 child 7 good 6 like 5 come 5 Lord 5 God 4 look 4 day 4 Old 3 stand 3 man 3 leave 3 boy 3 bed 3 Miss 3 Man 3 King 3 John 2 old 2 night 2 love 2 fairy 2 eye 2 death 2 William 2 Twas 2 Thou 2 Sir 2 Shall 2 Robin 2 Piper 2 Mrs. 2 Mr. 2 Mayor 2 Master 2 Mary 2 Longfellow 2 London 2 England 2 Blue 1 |THE 1 young 1 work 1 toy 1 till 1 thy 1 thing 1 tell Top 50 lemmatized nouns; "What is discussed?" --------------------------------------------- 1285 day 1265 man 996 illustration 843 child 815 eye 795 night 731 heart 595 sea 575 hand 559 thing 548 boy 521 head 518 life 500 way 469 tree 454 time 435 mother 432 face 393 wind 382 year 377 light 361 word 360 love 360 foot 343 land 338 house 338 door 335 sun 335 side 328 bird 315 sky 305 bed 302 voice 302 home 294 flower 285 one 283 song 277 friend 277 father 276 hill 275 air 274 world 270 death 269 place 266 water 260 ship 245 wood 245 girl 241 name 236 soul Top 50 proper nouns; "What are the names of persons or places?" -------------------------------------------------------------- 4830 _ 417 God 377 Old 322 thou 297 o''er 221 Man 218 Lord 194 King 175 John 171 ye 156 Sir 143 heaven 134 England 120 Twas 108 Mary 108 Lady 102 W. 101 Thou 97 Thy 90 Mother 87 William 86 Person 84 Young 83 London 79 Miss 78 Heaven 78 Father 76 Tis 76 A 75 Tom 75 Mr. 73 Christmas 72 Ye 71 Robin 69 twas 69 Little 69 6d 68 . 67 O''er 66 Mrs. 66 Master 66 Blue 65 Jack 64 hath 63 West 61 Jim 61 Fairy 60 Robert 60 Jane 59 Tommy Top 50 personal pronouns nouns; "To whom are things referred?" ------------------------------------------------------------- 6888 i 4991 he 3452 you 3367 it 2686 they 2195 she 2105 me 1931 we 1389 him 907 them 624 her 578 us 277 thee 116 himself 98 mine 74 myself 69 ''em 59 one 32 herself 31 ye 28 themselves 24 yourself 24 itself 20 ''s 19 yours 13 theirs 10 thyself 10 ours 8 ourselves 7 his 5 pelf 5 o 5 hers 3 you''ll 3 whee 3 je 2 thy 2 i''m 1 you;--there,--it 1 yo 1 yit 1 yer''ll 1 wire:-- 1 winander!--many 1 why?--they 1 water-- 1 uv 1 twirls 1 pu''d 1 mem''ry Top 50 lemmatized verbs; "What do things do?" --------------------------------------------- 13872 be 3705 have 2080 do 1900 come 1830 go 1809 say 1585 see 1081 make 884 know 824 hear 717 think 709 take 662 give 616 tell 616 look 554 stand 516 grow 498 find 489 fall 483 lie 478 let 465 leave 434 get 425 cry 410 die 405 sit 372 live 371 call 367 keep 363 sing 344 love 333 bear 318 turn 303 fly 302 bring 298 run 298 play 293 rise 281 seem 275 speak 271 put 259 pass 245 hold 245 feel 244 ride 241 blow 237 shine 232 ask 215 break 213 eat Top 50 lemmatized adjectives and adverbs; "How are things described?" --------------------------------------------------------------------- 3036 not 1850 so 1509 little 1277 then 1069 up 983 now 898 never 881 old 801 down 770 out 765 good 760 more 725 away 696 long 687 there 610 still 567 well 563 here 547 very 543 again 447 great 445 far 433 as 430 back 417 too 415 white 415 last 411 only 406 just 405 sweet 403 all 378 ever 363 high 361 poor 334 once 334 bright 321 other 313 dear 312 yet 307 young 301 on 284 deep 282 green 281 full 278 first 276 fair 272 many 269 dead 250 true 247 soon Top 50 lemmatized superlative adjectives; "How are things described to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 148 good 49 least 47 most 26 bad 19 high 17 fair 16 brave 13 dr 12 sweet 12 strange 12 rich 12 great 12 eld 12 big 10 slight 10 noble 9 young 9 small 9 lovely 8 near 8 late 8 fine 8 early 7 topmost 7 sad 7 mean 7 deep 7 bold 7 Most 6 temp 6 stout 6 soft 6 pure 6 old 6 j 6 chief 6 bl 5 nice 5 low 5 l 5 grand 5 dear 5 bright 4 true 4 tiny 4 proud 4 poor 4 mighty 4 large 4 kingli Top 50 lemmatized superlative adverbs; "How do things do to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 131 most 31 well 2 hard 1 worst 1 waitest 1 tempest 1 sayest 1 long 1 brightest Top 50 Internet domains; "What Webbed places are alluded to in this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 www.gutenberg.net Top 50 URLs; "What is hyperlinked from this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------- 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/2/7/4/4/27441/27441-h/27441-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/2/7/4/4/27441/27441-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/9/7/2/19722/19722-h/19722-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/9/7/2/19722/19722-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/3/6/4/13647/13647-h/13647-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/3/6/4/13647/13647-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/3/6/4/13646/13646-h/13646-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/3/6/4/13646/13646-h.zip Top 50 email addresses; "Who are you gonna call?" ------------------------------------------------- Top 50 positive assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-noun?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 children are happy 6 hands are blue 6 heads are green 6 light goes out 5 _ was _ 5 eyes were dim 5 love is dead 4 _ do n''t 4 _ is _ 4 night is dark 4 night was dark 3 _ are _ 3 _ look _ 3 boys are away 3 children saying grace 3 god keep watch 3 head was half 3 heart go pit 3 life is burnin 3 life is sweet 3 life is very 3 life is worth 3 men are strong 3 men stand face 3 mother call out 3 sea came up 3 wind is high 3 word was law 3 words did not 2 _ did n''t 2 _ do _ 2 _ got _ 2 _ know _ 2 _ lives _ 2 boy fell dead 2 boys come out 2 children are naughty 2 children did pester 2 children got in 2 day is cold 2 day is fairer 2 days are now 2 days gone by 2 door was partially 2 eyes grow big 2 eyes looked out 2 feet have trod 2 god is good 2 god makes sech 2 hand was never Top 50 negative assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-no|not-noun?" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 words did not as 1 child was not well 1 children have no fun 1 children were no more 1 day has no morning 1 god ''s no fable 1 land had not more 1 life is no longer 1 life is not worth 1 love is not worth 1 man be not too 1 night has no eve 1 things are not so 1 time came not here 1 trees are not quite 1 way be not mine-- 1 wind had no more A rudimentary bibliography -------------------------- id = 23467 author = Anonymous title = Fairy''s Album With Rhymes of Fairyland date = keywords = illustration summary = [Illustration: FAIRY''S ALBUM. This is Fairy, wondrous wise, This is Fairy, wondrous wise, Of the tales of fairy times, This is Fairy Fanciful, This is Fairy Fanciful, IN FAIRY''S ALBUM. IN FAIRY''S ALBUM. IN FAIRY''S ALBUM. IN FAIRY''S ALBUM. IN FAIRY''S ALBUM. IN FAIRY''S ALBUM. IN FAIRY''S ALBUM. IN FAIRY''S ALBUM. THE OLD WOMAN WHO LIVED IN A SHOE. THE OLD WOMAN WHO LIVED IN A SHOE. Of a certain old woman who lived in a shoe, Fairy knows her, and says it''s true. Went home weeping sore, and found Who would oft her patience try! This is Master Bean-stalk Jack-Of Miss Fairy''s many friends: OF FAIRY''S FRIENDS. OF FAIRY''S FRIENDS. OF FAIRY''S FRIENDS. OF FAIRY''S FRIENDS. OF FAIRY''S FRIENDS. OF FAIRY''S FRIENDS. OF FAIRY''S FRIENDS. OF FAIRY''S FRIENDS. OF FAIRY''S FRIENDS. OF FAIRY''S FRIENDS. OF FAIRY''S FRIENDS. OF FAIRY''S FRIENDS. OF FAIRY''S FRIENDS. Fairy fell asleep one day id = 27175 author = Belloc, Hilaire title = The Bad Child''s Book of Beasts date = keywords = illustration summary = Of cutting all the pictures out! Your little hands were made to take The better things and leave the worse ones. Darling, your little tiny hands I CALL you bad, my little child, Because a manner rude and wild Who eat like little Hogs, As a friend to the children The Tartar who dwells on the plains of Thibet Then tell your papa where the Yak can be got, He has a big head and a very small waist; And a good little child will not play with him. He makes a pretty playfellow for any little child; The sun yet warms his native ground-(A picture of how people try I''ll buy a little parachute (A picture of how people shoot How like this Big Baboon would be Rhinoceros, you are an ugly beast. Transcriber''s Note: The original edition was well-illustrated. For the poem titled "The Elephant," a word in small-capitals is denoted id = 27176 author = Belloc, Hilaire title = More Beasts (For Worse Children) date = keywords = illustration summary = MORE BEASTS FOR WORSE CHILDREN The parents of the learned child Were utterly aghast to note On creatures curious, rare and wild; "An idle little child like this, Our brains are trained, our books are big, "Such facts I never could have known But for this little book." Who bought a Python from a man [A] Sometimes called the "Lion-tailed or tufted Baboon of Ceylon." to strike. Green, hungry, horrible and plain-The Vulture eats between his meals, He very, very rarely feels His eye is dull, his head is bald, The Bison is vain, and (I write it with pain) By procuring two Vipers, and letting them bite; And I know the place he lives in (or at least--I think I do) The Llama of the Pampasses you never should confound This Creature, though rare, is still found to the East His seven tufted tails with lots id = 27424 author = Belloc, Hilaire title = Cautionary Tales for Children date = keywords = Lord; Matilda; illustration summary = _Designed for the Admonition of Children between the ages Who pretty nearly all day long _Who ran away from his Nurse, and was eaten by a Lion._ He slipped his hand and ran away! Matilda told such Dreadful Lies, Matilda, growing tired of play, You should have heard Matilda Shout! His Uncle came on Franklin Hyde (For such was Young Godolphin''s age). let us say Godolphin Horne?" So now Godolphin is the Boy _Who played with a Loaded Gun, and, on missing his Sister was Lord Lundy from his earliest years his father Lord Dunquerque Lord Lundy, letting go its tail, was a little Boy, It happened to Lord Lundy then, how Lord Lundy cried! _Who slammed Doors for Fun and Perished Miserably._ In Little Girls is slamming Doors. The children who were brought to hear _Who played with a Dangerous Toy, and suffered a Catastrophe of The moral is that little Boys id = 40134 author = Belloc, Hilaire title = A Moral Alphabet date = keywords = MORAL; illustration summary = Authors of "The Bad Child''s Book of Beasts" And while the Boys and Parents cheered so loud, Learn from this justly irritating Youth, B stands for Bear. Another Person turned and ran; The Moral of this verse The Moral these delightful lines afford When James was hauled before the learned Judge, How little mercy people can expect Just you work for Humanity, never you mind At night as they met round an excellent meal, The Other Man has always got to Pay. O I turn at once to "P," which stands for Pig. stands for Pig, as I remarked before, Learn from the Pig to take whatever Fate No reasonable little Child expects These verses teach a clever child to find stands for Youth (it would have stood for Yak, You have not got to Youth, but when you do Youth''s excellence should teach the Modern Wit THE FRANK LOCKWOOD SKETCH-BOOK. id = 62928 author = Blyton, Enid title = Child Whispers date = keywords = April; fairy; little summary = Come flying right by me; I go round the garden early, when the grass is I''ll tell you all I do there, right away from I always know those nasty little goblins are For look, their little acorn cups A fairy fills the little cups, A fairy, come to play, She fluttered right away. The satin frocks make Mummy look just like a Just look at him shining away in the sky! Do come along, children, and play! I saw a fairy flying low from out the chestnut Around the chimney pots, and right away up vanished right away, I found a little fairy flute When down a little fairy flew And look, it hides behind the clouds--it knows No fairy knows what the pool holds, It looks so queer and far away When there came by the Fairy King When Nurse came in, so cross and red, id = 18343 author = Browning, Robert title = The Pied Piper of Hamelin date = keywords = Mayor; Piper; rat summary = Printed in U.S.A. THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN Anything like the sound of a rat "Come in!"--the Mayor cried, looking bigger: With sharp blue eyes, each like a pin, And people call me the Pied Piper." "Yet," said he, "poor Piper as I am, If I can rid your town of rats Into the street the Piper stept, And ere three shrill notes the pipe uttered, Followed the Piper for their lives. Which was, "At the first shrill notes of the pipe, "Go," cried the Mayor, "and get long poles, The Mayor looked blue; We saw with our eyes the vermin sink, "How?" cried the Mayor, "d'' ye think I brook Out came the children running. The Mayor was dumb, and the Council stood And the Piper advanced and the children followed, They called it, the Pied Piper''s Street-And, whether they pipe us free from rats or from mice, id = 42850 author = Browning, Robert title = The Pied Piper of Hamelin, and Other Poems Every Boy''s Library date = keywords = Charles; Clive; Duhl; God; Hóseyn; King; Mayor; Pearl; Piper; come; great; like summary = "Come in!"--the Mayor cried, looking bigger: With sharp blue eyes, each like a pin, And sparkling eyes and teeth like pearls, "Why, what hope or chance have ships like these to pass?" Why, I''ve nothing but my life,--here''s my head!" cries Hervé Riel. You shall look long enough ere you come to Hervé Riel. Till at length into Aix Roland galloped and stood. Notes this forthright, that meander, till the long past life appears Marks a man,--God''s gift magnific, exercised for good or ill. True, he murdered half a village, so his own death came to pass; Try for Clive!" thought I: "Let''s venture some good rattling And you are my prize, my Pearl: I laugh at men''s land and gold!'' Said Hóseyn, "God gives each man one life, like a lamp, then gives Touch the right ear and press with your foot my Pearl''s left flank!" With friends'' praise, gold-like, lingering still, id = 12109 author = Caldecott, Randolph title = The House That Jack Built One of R. Caldecott''s Picture Books date = keywords = illustration summary = Caldecott''s Picture Books THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT That lay in the House that Jack built. This is the Man all tattered and torn, This is the Cock that crowed in the morn That fed the Cock that crowed in the morn, That married the Man all tattered and torn, That married the Man all tattered and torn, That milked the Cow with the crumpled horn, That milked the Cow with the crumpled horn, _In square crown 4to, picture covers, with numerous coloured plates._ with their Coloured Pictures and innumerable Outline Sketches._ Caldecott''s Picture Book No. 1 3 Hey-Diddle-Diddle Picture Book Caldecott''s Picture Book No. 2 4 The Panjandrum Picture Book different books, with their Coloured Pictures and numerous Outline CALDECOTT''S PICTURE BOOKS Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4. _Each containing coloured plates and numerous Outline Sketches in the Randolph Caldecott''s Painting Books. id = 30272 author = Clifford, W. K., Mrs. title = Very Short Stories and Verses For Children date = keywords = Willie; child; dear; little; poor summary = He had had a dear little sister, called Apple-blossom, but a strange until many a time it said sadly enough to its poor little self, "I little sister went too, and stood by him watching while he painted. "I shall not begin to-day," the little one said, "for I must know a few The little one said to herself, "Really, it is no good thinking her arms, said, "Pussy, shall we go into the garden?" So they went and "Eat it slowly," said the good little sister. "Then it will be nasty," said the good little sister, still going on "Take it as I do mine," said the good little sister. away, and the good little sister sat still and thought about many "Our mother and sisters are in the south," the little one said, as they "Poor little swallows," said the English children, as they watched the The dear father and the little girl came out id = 23545 author = De la Mare, Walter title = Songs of Childhood date = keywords = Dame; Hickory; Jane; London; child; eye; like; sweet summary = I heard a sweet singing in the wood-The trees were like snow in the wood-I heard the Waits their sweet song sing; For clear, wild grey eyes! For clear, wild grey eyes! O for sweet thoughts like rain! O for first-love like fields of grey, To keep in water for to make night sweet: Come now,'' he says, with dim and lifted face, Shall we blow sweet airs on it, If I hear sweet voices singing, A storm-sweet lark rose in the blue: A little well of water clear and frozen ''neath the trees; And hears a magic belfry a-ringing with sweet bells. Then Lucy sees in clouds of gold sweet cherry-trees upgrow, A phantom face of light blue eyes, Their house was small and sweet of the sea, Ye little elves, who haunt sweet dells, The sweet night-bird in the chesnut-tree-In starlight, in darkness, lonely, sweet, id = 3753 author = De la Mare, Walter title = Peacock Pie, a Book of Rhymes date = keywords = Fairy; Miss; Mrs.; Old; Robin; come; green; little summary = And teeth like ships at sea, ''The horny old Gardener''s fast asleep; Come!'' said Old Shellover. Come!'' said Old Shellover. I long to watch the sea-mew wheel Seems to echo the far-away calling of children In a sea-green day; There came a Thief one night to Robin''s Castle, And there in night''s pale Gloom was Robin dreaming And ran like the wind away. And peeps at her garden with bright brown eyes; He says with small brown eye on mineThere came an Old Soldier to my door, ''Neath the deep dark blue of the sky, The old Pig said to the little pigs, He watched ''neath a green and giant bough, Their five eyes smouldering green and bright: While lean old Hans he snores away Old Rover in his moss-greened house ''Where have they hidden you, you poor old Mrs. Gill?'' Who said, ''Green duck for dreams, id = 45292 author = Douglas, Alfred Bruce title = The Placid Pug, and Other Rhymes date = keywords = Pug; belgian; illustration; |THE summary = Lives his dull life, and recks not of the Shark ''To mark the mood of animals or men. ''And forced to swim long miles to find their food, If Pugs like Sharks were brought up in the sea?= If Pugs like Sharks were brought up in the sea?= Between man and the meanest rabbit Six times the rabbit rears her young, That rabbit brown and Belgian hare are The common hare, who lives in fields With what calm scorn the Unicorn, The moral food that keeps him down is Force, Having no legs he does not try to walk, Have stirred our hearts and brain alike.= ''Or walked beside the sea along the sand, Peace, peace, the Crab adopts a side-long walk, ''Through the calm cycle of his peaceful life.= Though the fierce tails of Whales like flails descend To all this noise the Oyster lends no ear, id = 16686 author = Ewing, Juliana Horatia title = Verses for Children, and Songs for Music date = keywords = Brook; Father; Mamma; Mother; Mrs.; Nurse; Poet; child; home; illustration; leave; little; look summary = It was one day in spring that he said, "I should like to And he said, "If you''ll come in at tea-time and sit by the stove, I''ll I love Katerina, though she lost her head long ago, poor thing; but For he said, "When you''re hushabying that silly old doll I know you''re "Who cares," said the children, "for this old Willow-man? I''m good to-day, and so I''ve come to see if it is true And Nurse said, "Go and play, my dear, and let your Mamma rest;" It seems such a pity that a sweet little dear like me should GOD bless the good soldiers, like Old Father, and Captain Powder, And now we can play at soldiers every day till Old Father comes my donkey every day till he looks like a horse, and that it She''s like her mother, love, you''ve said: id = 59726 author = Fyleman, Rose title = The Fairy Green date = keywords = Edition; Fairies; fairy; little summary = She holds her little head like _this_ To the dear little fairy folk. All about the daphne bush the happy fairies went, They chanted little silver tunes, they danced the whole day long; They danced, they sang, they flung about their tiny fairy names, I hear the fairies singing there And I shall sing their fairy song And all the fairies round about come hastening up in crowds, They make a little song for her, like singing in a dream. It wandered through my land of sleep like little silver streams; Like little purling silver streams that gently laugh and coo-The fairies danced in the golden air. They sent a brave little fairy sprite; A garden and a summer-house a little bit like ours, And so the little fairy folk And I shall learn their fairy song; And did you know that butterflies could sing like little birds? Kindly little fairy friends, id = 19541 author = Greenaway, Kate title = Marigold Garden date = keywords = baby; illustration; little summary = Little Blue Shoes All you little boys and girls come and see the show. But the little Bird he flies away-The little soft white clouds heard them, Of their little friends to-day? This little dancing family; How little girls and boys, You little know where you are, In my little flower-bed; But the sound of their singing, like church bells ringing, THE LITTLE LONDON GIRL. In my little Green House, quite content am I, Such pretty little white young sisters and brothers. Or the dear little white Lambs at play? For little eyes are given to look The little Queen''s coming, The little Queen''s coming, Let all the bells sound, come, My little folks, I know, You''re looking for a little Bird And little leaves green, Little birds sing all the day, Oh, little girl, tell us do the Flowers THE LITTLE JUMPING GIRLS. And dear little Golden Curls, id = 13646 author = Lear, Edward title = A Book of Nonsense date = keywords = Man; Old; illustration summary = file which includes the original illustrations. But he played day and night, till the "sarpint" took flight, There was a Young Lady whose nose So she hired an Old Lady, whose conduct was steady, Till he cut off his thumbs, and said calmly, "This comes When they said, "That''s your toe," he replied, "Is it so?" She ran up a tree, and said "Fiddle-de-dee!" There was an Old Man who said, "Hush! When they said, "Is it small?" he replied, "Not at all; When they said, "Is it hot?" he replied, "No, it''s not!" Who caught a large Fish without scales; When they said, "How d'' ye do?" he replied, "Who are you?" There was an Old Man on whose nose There was an Old Man on whose nose There was an Old Man who said, "Well! There was an Old Man who said, "Well! id = 13647 author = Lear, Edward title = Nonsense Songs date = keywords = Blue; Mr.; Pussy; Wangle; illustration; little; seven; young summary = THE STORY OF THE FOUR LITTLE CHILDREN WHO WENT ROUND THE WORLD. THE STORY OF THE FOUR LITTLE CHILDREN WHO WENT ROUND THE WORLD. large boat to sail quite round the world by sea, and then they were to come "Mainly on oyster-patties," said the Blue-Bottle-Fly; "and, when these are In many long-after years, the four little travellers looked back to that After this, the four little people sailed on again till they came to a vast And the old Geese said to the seven young Geese, "Whatever you do, be sure And the old Owls said, "If you find a mouse, tear him up into seven slices, The seven young Parrots had not gone far, when they saw a tree with a So, after a time, all the seven young Geese said to each other, "Beyond all The seven young Cats set off on their travels with great delight and id = 982 author = Lear, Edward title = The Book of Nonsense date = keywords = Man; Old; Person summary = There was a Young Lady whose bonnet, There was an Old Man in a tree, But he played day and night, Till the sarpint took flight, Who bought a large bonnet for walking; There was an Old Man of Marseilles, There was a Young Lady whose nose, There was an Old Man with a poker, Till one day, to his grief, There was an Old Person of Troy, There was an Old Man of Dundee, There was an Old Man who said, "Hush! When they said--"Is it small?" There was an Old Man of Kamschatka, Till he once, by mistake, There was an Old Man, who said, "Well! There was an Old Man, who said, "Well! Who caught a large fish without scales; There was an Old Man with an owl, When they said, "Is it hot?" There was an Old Man, on whose nose, There was an Old Man, on whose nose, id = 21650 author = Leigh, Felix title = London Town date = keywords = London; Town; little; toy summary = [Illustration: London Town] TO VIEW GREAT LONDON''S BUSY HIVE, COME,--CLIMB SAINT PAUL''S WITH US TO-DAY, "Father and Mother, pray come here," But the Tower was a prison, in days of old, Every day along the streets of mighty London Town That''s what they call a penny in the streets of London Town. So this young man who comes, ''tis plain, Hither come each day, For the little street-boys, The Penny-Toy Man The Penny-Toy Man Who would think London Town was so near, Cried the drake to the ducks, "Here''s a boy with a bun, Beneath the streets of London Town. In Guildford Street, great London Town, Another new baby that day is seen come buy! These bright little boys with the funny old Guy. The people stare, in London Town, Tell me, rosy little boy, Do you love a fine new toy? And her little boy as well, id = 39128 author = MacKenzie, Compton title = Kensington Rhymes date = keywords = Kensington; Knock; illustration; look; room summary = The drawing-room is cold and white, [Illustration: THE DANCING CLASS] [Illustration: THE DANCING CLASS] [Illustration: MY SISTER AT A PARTY] It''s a jolly good thing that Miss Perkins'' in bed, [Illustration: KISSING GAMES] [Illustration: BALLAD OF THE ROUND POND] [Illustration: THE ROUND POND] For the blue had all come off their clothes, [Illustration: POOR LAVENDER GIRLS] [Illustration: GOOD-NIGHT] Each time it plays brings different thoughts, It makes me think of pleasant things Till Father comes home in the evening [Illustration: THE CAGE IN THE PILLAR-BOX] And now I come to think of it, [Illustration: THE PAVEMENT ARTIST] Were illustrated like a book [Illustration: CHRISTMAS NOT FAR OFF] He''s coming down our street, [Illustration: A VISIT TO MY AUNT] I thought of him that night in bed, [K] Like one in my Aunt''s French picture-book I saw his eyes, like currants black, [Illustration: THE WET DAY] The wet street like a sea. id = 55814 author = Martin, Sarah Catherine title = The Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard, and Her Dog In which is shewn the wonderful powers that good old lady possessed in the education of her favourite animal date = keywords = illustration summary = [Illustration: Portrait OF MOTHER HUBBARD. _HER DOG_: Old Mother Hubbard Old Mother Hubbard Went to the Cupboard, To give the poor Dog a bone. And so the poor Dog had none. She went to the Baker''s To buy him some bread; The Dog was dead! She went to the Undertaker''s To buy him a Coffin; The Dog was laughing. She went to the Alehouse She went to the Tavern She went to the Fruiterer''s To buy him some fruit; She went to the Taylor''s To buy him a coat; She went to the Hatter''s She went to the Barber''s She went to the Cobbler''s To buy him some shoes; She went to the Sempstress To buy him some linen; The Dog was spinning. She went to the Hosier''s The Dog made a bow; The Dog said, Bow-wow. This wonderful Dog Was Dame Hubbard''s delight, He could Read, he could Dance, id = 23454 author = Phillips, A. title = Sweets for Leisure Hours Amusing Tales for Little Readers date = keywords = coloured; illustration summary = See, see, what a sweet little prize I have found! Shall I keep you prisoner?--mamma, is that right? No, come, pretty Robin, I must set you free-Sweet mamma, I love her so, If she had not been bless''d with a good little son. And work''d all day long in the fields till ''twas dark, Whilst you are asleep, the poor little sweep That''s right; be a man, love, and dry up your tears, We, too, will be thankful to God every day, "I am cheerful, young man," Father William replied, O teach me to walk in thy ways, I pray thee to guard me by night, And help me to serve thee by day. He breath''d his pray''r,--"Long may such goodness live!" Liv''d a poor little mouse, Fairy tale; with coloured frontispiece. Mother Bunch''s Fairy Tales; coloured frontispiece. of Riddles, Charades, &c.; coloured frontispiece. Hood; with coloured frontispiece; and ten engravings id = 136 author = Stevenson, Robert Louis title = A Child''s Garden of Verses date = keywords = Children; bed; child; good; little summary = I saw the next door garden lie, The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow-But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy-head, O Leerie, see a little child and nod to him to-night! My bed is like a little boat; And flowers and children close their eyes Till I look down on the garden green, Now my little heart goes a beating like a drum, The shadow of the child that goes to bed-When children are playing alone on the green, The Friend of the Children comes out of the wood. When children are happy and playing alone. Seas and cities, near and far, About the garden trees and walls. And the leaves, like little ships, Little things with lovely eyes Child and garden, flower and sun, Grasses run like a green sea And house and garden play, You playing round the garden trees, id = 19722 author = Stevenson, Robert Louis title = A Child''s Garden of Verses date = keywords = bed; child; good; illustration; little summary = You never saw the like by day. And flowers and children close their eyes Till up in the morning the sun shall rise. The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow-But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy head, O Leerie, I''ll go round at night and light the lamps with you! O Leerie, see a little child and nod to him to-night! [Illustration: _My bed is like a little boat_] My bed is like a little boat; Heroes and soldiers we all shall come home; The Friend of the Children comes out of the wood. Seas and cities, near and far, Till I look down on the garden green, About the garden trees and walls. Now my little heart goes a-beating like a drum, The shadow of the child that goes to bed-And the leaves like little ships Little things with lovely eyes id = 28722 author = Stevenson, Robert Louis title = A Child''s Garden of Verses date = keywords = bed; child; garden; good; land; little summary = I saw the next door garden lie, The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow-But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy-head, Heroes and soldiers we all shall come home; We round the sunny garden play, O Leerie, see a little child and nod to him to-night! MY bed is a little boat; And flowers and children close their eyes Till I look down on the garden green, Now my little heart goes a-beating like a drum, The shadow of the child that goes to bed-The Friend of the Children comes out of the wood. When children are happy and playing alone. About the garden trees and walls. And the leaves like little ships [Illustration: THE LITTLE LAND Little things with lovely eyes Child and garden, flower and sun, Grasses run like a green sea And house and garden play, You playing round the garden trees, id = 32523 author = Turner, Mrs. (Elizabeth) title = Mrs. Turner''s Cautionary Stories date = keywords = Miss; Tom; boy; good; little; play summary = Are all about good girls and boys. Said Betty one day to mamma: _Note._--This was written in the days when little boys, like Tom in "And I," said Tom, "won''t play with Sam, Good little boys should never say, I think little James acted right. "Oh dear papa!" cried little Joe, "The Lord Mayor, when a little boy, "I will give you a rule," said her mother, "my dear, I think I know some little girls But Agnes liked better to play with rude boys "What, not in the parlour?" the little girl said. "Why," said Mamma, "I really think All these are good, my little daughter, Then ran away, a naughty boy, She said, "Mamma, I feel no pain, THE BAD DONKEY-BOY''S GOOD FORTUNE THE BAD DONKEY-BOY''S GOOD FORTUNE "I own," his mother said, "dear James, Her mother said, "Pray ask again, This is my little boy''s birth-day; id = 45082 author = Turner, Mrs. (Elizabeth) title = The Daisy, or, Cautionary Stories in Verse. Adapted to the Ideas of Children from Four to Eight Years Old. date = keywords = Miss; illustration; little summary = O, pretty new Doll! She''ll tell you, I''ve been a good girl. Come hither, little dog, to play, But run away, good Pompey, now, Good little boys should never say Come, dear little children, come home, Of little naughty Sam, And "I," said Tom, "wont play with Sam, But here the pretty little lamb "What, not in the parlour?" the little girl said, "She was playing and turning, until her poor head A careless little miss. Until her mother said, "I will, To tell her sister the good news; From her chair little Kitty kept running away, "Dear Mother," said a little boy, "My dearest boy," the mother said, Before poor Jane and little Tom The little books printed about a hundred years ago "for the amusement This covetable little book, published by F(rancis) Newbery, Jun. and STORIES FROM OLD-FASHIONED CHILDREN''S BOOKS brought together and id = 22582 author = Unknown title = Harrison''s Amusing Picture and Poetry Book date = keywords = illustration; little summary = That seek the shades by day; ''Tis only down a little way; ''Tis pleasing in his eyes; She left her parents'' fost''ring arms, pray forbear you cruel man! I''m sure he''s a good-natured honest old ass; And lets me ride all the way on his back. These little girls, though very young, I think I should like to be happy to-day But then I don''t know any pretty new play, A plague so little to be feared, Little sister come away, Poor harmless little thing; The shot went through its pretty head, Mamma shall we visit Miss Ellen to-day, And sweet little Julia and Ann; The morning''s so fine, the sun is so bright, On all thy works I look; poor little Red Riding Hood, He little dreamt when he set out, ''Tis FORTY years this very day, Since you and I, old girl, were married. Every day and every night, id = 18909 author = Various title = Poems Teachers Ask For Selected by readers of "Normal Instructor-Primary Plans" date = keywords = Bessie; Blue; Bobby; Casey; God; John; Lincoln; Longfellow; Lord; Man; Moo; Moon; Morgan; Morrow; Raggedy; Robert; Rose; Shaftoe; Shall; William; boy; come; day; eye; good; heart; like; little; look; night; old; stand; thing; work summary = CHARLES SCRIBNER''S SONS--_Seein'' Things_ and _Little Boy Blue_, by Bright were his eyes like live coals, as he gave me a sideways glance. My man bent down his head and said, "Little woman, you''ve saved my life!" The worn look gone from his dear gray eyes, and in its place, a gleam An'' she comes on time like a flash of light, Said, to hush her heart''s wild throbbing: "Curfew shall not ring to-night." your lover lives," said Cromwell, "Curfew shall not ring to-night." Bessie comes with flying footsteps, eyes aglow with love-light sweet; I wait for the day when dear hearts shall discover, Its headlight made day of the darkness, and glared like the eyes of And the white-winged Angels of Heaven, to bear him shall come down; "Come, boys, I know there''s kindly hearts among so good a crowd-Said that she''d like to know the man that had such dreamy eyes. id = 19469 author = Various title = Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two date = keywords = Christmas; God; Heaven; Henry; Jim; John; Longfellow; Lord; Mary; Master; Thou; Thy; Tommy; Twas; West; boy; bring; child; come; day; death; good; hear; leave; life; like; little; look; love; man; mother; night; old; stand; tell; till summary = An'' close the eyes o'' her that smiled, an'' leave her sweet voice dumb. All the day long from its dawning till you saw your kinsman fall, "Try not the Pass!" the old man said; The old man slowly raised his head, a sign that he did hear, A silence filled the little room; the old man bowed his head; Set on thy singing lips shall make thee glad; Till fell the frost from the clear cold heaven, as falls the plague on men, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God''s great Judgment Seat; Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God''s great Judgment Seat; I can feel my young heart thrilling lest the old man should forget. I jess can''t tell his mother!--It''ll crush her poor old heart! And you who love a little girl who comes to you at night even now thy father comes, a ransomed man this day; id = 19316 author = nan title = Lyra Heroica: A Book of Verse for Boys date = keywords = Alhama; Angel; Atli; Douglas; England; Erle; France; God; Gunnar; Hogni; King; Lord; Master; Milton; Mr.; Percy; Rustum; Scott; Shall; Sir; Sohrab; come; day; death; english; fight; leave; lie; like; long; man; sea; stand; thy summary = Like a dark wood he comes, or tempest pouring; To come forth like the spring-time fresh and green, Thou art my life, my love, my heart, The dew shall weep thy fall to-night, Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea: This year old men shall reap; The dim, dark sea, so like unto Death, ''Like unto ships far off at sea, So Lord Howard passed away with five ships of war that day, But Sir Richard bore in hand all the sick men from the land And Sir Richard said again: ''We be all good English men. When first I saw thee; and thy heart spoke too, That I should one day find thy lord and thee. Come, let me lay my hand upon thy mane! And men shall not forget thee in thy grave. Day, like our souls, is fiercely dark 146 Day, like our souls, is fiercely dark 146 id = 23794 author = nan title = Mother Goose or the Old Nursery Rhymes date = keywords = illustration summary = Little Jack Horner sat in the corner, Little Jack Horner sat in the corner, Give her a plum, and down she''ll come, We''re all jolly boys, and we''re coming with a noise, Johnny shall have a new bonnet, Johnny shall have a new bonnet, And Johnny shall have a blue ribbon, There was a little boy and a little girl There was a little boy and a little girl Says the little boy to the little girl, My father''s a king, and my mother''s a queen, My two little sisters are dressed in green, Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep, Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep, Shall have a little bit. Thou shall not wash dishes, Billy boy blue, come blow me your horn, Billy boy blue, come blow me your horn, Girls and boys come out to play, Girls and boys come out to play, To see little Johnny id = 27441 author = nan title = The Children''s Garland from the Best Poets date = keywords = Ballad; Dora; England; Gilpin; God; Hood; John; King; Lord; Mary; Old; Robin; Sir; Thomas; Thou; Twas; William; child; day; good; like; little; love; man summary = To help thee to thy true love again, ''This is thy true love,'' Robin he said, Come dear children, let us away; Come dear children, let us away; Say thy prayer, and come back to the kind sea-caves.'' Now here, said I, this man shall die, "Thou guilty man, take up thy dead, Art thou the bird whom man loves best, Art thou the bird whom man loves best, ''Here in old time the hand of man hath been.'' So when a man may come to me so thick-like, ''''Tis well thou''rt come back to keep thy day: ''You are old, Father William,'' the young man cried, ''You are old, Father William,'' the young man cried, ''You are old, Father William,'' the young man cried, ''You are old, Father William,'' the young man cried, ''The like fall ever to thy share, most fair lady.'' Yet he, good king, in his old days,