Runaway Donkey and Other Rhymes for Children

<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[Pg 14]</SPAN></span></p> <h3>II. THE PONY'S ARRIVAL</h3> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">"Here's the pony! here's the pony!"<br/></span> <span class="i2">Fast the tidings flew<br/></span> <span class="i0">As the longed-for pony trotted<br/></span> <span class="i2">Up the avenue.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">And the children, such news hearing,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Quickly gathered near;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Saw and loved the pretty creature,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Voted him "a dear."<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">"Father! Mother! Come and see him!"<br/></span> <span class="i2">"Auntie, do come! do!"<br/></span> <span class="i0">"Hurry, nurse, and let the baby<br/></span> <span class="i2">See the pony, too."<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">"Oh, at last we've got a pony,"<br/></span> <span class="i2">Cried the children all.<br/></span> <span class="i0">"Every one must come to see him,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Call the people! call!"<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">From the farm and from the garden,<br/></span> <span class="i2">From each household nook,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Men and maids with pleasure hastened<br/></span> <span class="i2">At the pet to look.<br/></span></div> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[Pg 15]</SPAN><br/><SPAN name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[Pg 16]</SPAN></span></p> <div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/015.jpg" alt="Men and maids with pleasure hastened at the pet to look." style="width: 50%" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_17" id="Page_17">[Pg 17]</SPAN></span></p> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Close around the gentle pony<br/></span> <span class="i2">Did the children crowd,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Patting, stroking, gazing, praising,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Eager, fond, and proud.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Near them flocked the grown-up people,<br/></span> <span class="i2">With admiring eyes.<br/></span> <span class="i0">For 'twas plain the pretty pony<br/></span> <span class="i2">Was a wondrous prize.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Such a shape! and such a color!<br/></span> <span class="i2">Such a mane and tail!<br/></span> <span class="i0">Legs so slender, hoofs so dainty,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Words to picture fail.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">And not only for his beauty<br/></span> <span class="i2">Did he merit praise,<br/></span> <span class="i0">But for all his tricks so clever,<br/></span> <span class="i2">And his gentle ways.<br/></span></div> </div> <hr class="tb" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />