Runaway Donkey and Other Rhymes for Children

<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_63" id="Page_63">[Pg 63]</SPAN></span></p> <h2>AT THE POND</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">A pretty pond there is, all fringed<br/></span> <span class="i2">With trees and flowers gay,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Where many happy creatures live<br/></span> <span class="i2">And many come to play.<br/></span></div> </div> <div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/063a.jpg" alt="The fishes frolic merrily" style="width: 20%" /></div> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">The fishes frolic merrily<br/></span> <span class="i2">Within its waters cool,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And funny little polliwogs<br/></span> <span class="i2">Live in the shining pool.<br/></span></div> </div> <div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/063b.jpg" alt="And turtles slowly creep" style="width: 20%" /></div> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Along the grassy bank the snails<br/></span> <span class="i2">And turtles slowly creep;<br/></span> <span class="i0">The frogs go splashing in and out<br/></span> <span class="i2">With many a sudden leap.<br/></span></div> </div> <div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/063c.jpg" alt="The frogs go splashing in and out" style="width: 20%" /></div> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">The insects and the merry birds<br/></span> <span class="i2">Its shining surface skim;<br/></span> <span class="i0">And thirsty cows and horses drink<br/></span> <span class="i2">Along its rippling brim.<br/></span></div> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_64" id="Page_64">[Pg 64]</SPAN></span></p> <div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/064a.jpg" alt="The insects and the merry birds" style="width: 20%" /></div> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">The water lilies' fragrant cups<br/></span> <span class="i2">Upon the wavelets lie,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And near them float the stately swans,<br/></span> <span class="i2">With proud necks curving high.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">And see! here comes the mother duck<br/></span> <span class="i2">With all her yellow brood;<br/></span> <span class="i0">And here are all the goslings, too,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Behind their mother good.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">They hurry, scurry, down the bank<br/></span> <span class="i2">And in the water go.<br/></span> <span class="i0">They dive and splash, and with delight<br/></span> <span class="i2">Go swimming to and fro.<br/></span></div> </div> <div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/064b.jpg" alt="Geese, ducks, and swans all fearless come" style="width: 20%" /></div> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">And when the children call to them<br/></span> <span class="i2">And throw them bits of bread,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Geese, ducks, and swans all fearless come<br/></span> <span class="i2">And crowd near to be fed.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Oh, yes! the pond's a merry place,<br/></span> <span class="i2">So busy and so gay,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Where many happy creatures live<br/></span> <span class="i2">And many come to play.<br/></span></div> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_65" id="Page_65">[Pg 65]</SPAN><br/><SPAN name="Page_66" id="Page_66">[Pg 66]</SPAN></span></p> <div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/065.jpg" alt="Oh, yes! the pond's a merry place" style="width: 50%" /></div> <hr class="chap" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />