The Crane Reader, Book 1Crane, 1902 |
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Popular passages
Page 87 - She was never so cunning before; Her two little horns Are so sharp and so bright, I hope she'll not grow any more.
Page 128 - I've been good. My bed is waiting, cool and fresh, With linen smooth and fair, And I must off to slumber land, And not forget my prayer.
Page 2 - A THOUGHT IT is very nice to think The world is full of meat and drink, With little children saying grace In every Christian kind of place.
Page 128 - I XX A GOOD BOY WOKE before the morning, I was happy all the day, I never said an ugly word, but smiled and stuck to play. And now at last the sun is going down behind the wood, And I am very happy, for I know that I've been good.
Page 100 - Rockabye, baby, in the treetop, When the wind blows the cradle will rock. When the bough breaks the cradle will fall, And down will come baby, cradle and all.