THE EUGENE FIELD BOOK VERSES, STORIES, AND LETTERS1914 |
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66 Sleep angel beach beautiful BEDFORD Square beloved biggest fish birds Blynken Buttercup caught Cobbler cometh the glorious cool sea-foam cried cuttlefish dolls dreams Edward Eugene Field Day eyes face fairy father Fiddle-dee-dee flowers folded fond fore Christmas Forget-me-not funny little oyster Ganderfeather gentle God's Acre gold Good-Children street green fins hard at play hath hear heart hour Hushaby kiss knew Krinken letters Little Boy Blue little child Little Leigh lived long ago lullabies Margaret misty mother mother-oyster Nd I havin never night long ocean old gum boot opinyin uv perch with green Pittypat and Tippytoe play poems Poppy Porpoise quaint Reginald De Koven rich little rock-a-by Sculpin shell Shug-chug Shut-Eye Town sick girl sick little oyster sing song Stoddard Stork sung sweet things at night thou Ting-long told toys tree wondrous wooden shoe Wynken yonder
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Page xii - And don't you make any noise ! " So toddling off to his trundle-bed He dreamt of the pretty toys. And as he was dreaming, an angel song Awakened our Little Boy Blue, — Oh, the years are many, the years are long, But the little toy friends are true. Ay, faithful to Little Boy Blue they stand, Each in the same old place, Awaiting the touch of a little hand, The smile of a little face. And they wonder, as waiting these long years through, In the dust of that little chair, What has become of our Little...
Page 51 - WYNKEN, BLYNKEN, AND NOD WYNKEN, Blynken, and Nod one night Sailed off in a wooden shoe — Sailed on a river of crystal light, Into a sea of dew. * Where are you going, and what do you wish ? ' The old moon asked the three. ** We have come to fish for the herring fish That live in this beautiful sea ; Nets of silver and gold have we ! " Said Wynken, Blynken, And Nod.
Page 52 - The old moon laughed and sang a song, As they rocked in the wooden shoe ; And the wind that sped them all night long Ruffled the waves of dew ; The little stars were the herring fish That lived in that beautiful sea. " Now cast your nets wherever you wish, But never afraid are we ! " So cried the stars to the fishermen three, Wynken, Blynken, and Nod.
Page 3 - ... zest That the chocolate cat is at once all agog, As her swelling proportions attest. And the chocolate cat goes cavorting around From this leafy limb unto that, And the sugar-plums tumble, of course, to the ground Hurrah for that chocolate cat! There are marshmallows, gumdrops, and peppermint canes, With stripings of scarlet or gold, And you carry away of the treasure that rains, As much as your apron can hold! So come, little child, cuddle closer to me In your dainty white nightcap and gown,...
Page xi - The little toy dog is covered with dust, But sturdy and stanch he stands; And the little toy soldier is red with rust, And his musket molds in his hands. Time was when the little toy dog was new, And the soldier was passing fair; And that was the time when our Little Boy Blue Kissed them and put them there. "Now, don't you go till I come," he said, "And don't you make any noise!
Page 52 - twas a dream they'd dreamed Of sailing that beautiful sea— But I shall name you the fishermen three: Wynken, Blynken, And Nod. Wynken and Blynken are two little eyes, And Nod is a little head, And the wooden shoe that sailed the skies Is a wee one's trundle-bed. So shut your eyes while mother sings Of wonderful sights that be, And you shall see the beautiful things As you rock in the misty sea, Where the old shoe rocked the fishermen three: Wynken, Blynken, And Nod.
Page 79 - I'm as good as I kin be! Got a yeller dog named Sport, sick him on the cat; First thing she knows she doesn't know where she is at! Got a clipper sled, an' when us kids goes out to slide, 'Long comes the grocery cart, an
Page xiv - I'm only telling you What the old Dutch clock declares is true!) The Chinese plate looked very blue, And wailed, "Oh, dear! what shall we do!
Page 29 - Sleep, sleep, little one, sleep ; " He rustles his wings, and gruffly sings : " Sleep, little one, sleep." On yonder mountain-side a vine Clings at the foot of a mother pine ; The tree bends over the trembling thing, And only the vine can hear her sing : " Sleep, sleep, little one, sleep ; What shall you fear when I am here ? Sleep, little one, sleep.
Page xi - And don't you make any noise!" So, toddling off to his trundle-bed, He dreamt of the pretty toys; And, as he was dreaming, an angel song Awakened our Little Boy Blue — Oh! the years are many, the years are long, But the little toy friends are true! Ay, faithful to Little Boy Blue they stand, Each in the same old place, Awaiting the touch of a little hand, The smile of a little face; And they wonder, as waiting the long years through) In the dust of that little chair, '^ What has become of our Little...