 I R)BIN and Richard were two pretty men, They lay in bed till the clock struck ten: Then up starts Robin, and looks at the sky, 'Oh! brother Richard, the sun's very high, The bull's in the barn threshing the corn; The cock's on the dunghill blowing his...  Book of Rhymes, Jingles and Ditties - Page 36edited by - 1866 - 64 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Butler - Epic poetry, Greek - 1925 - 306 pages
...checked himself. It had been on the tip of his tongue to be illuminated with the words, " Sukoh and Sukop were two pretty men, They lay in bed till the clock struck ten," 141 and to follow it up with, " Now with the drops of this most Yknarc time My love looks fresh," in... | |
 | Olive Beaupré Miller - Children's literature - 1920 - 466 pages
...lost her pocket; Kittie Fisher found it; There was not a penny in it, But a ribbon round it ! OOBIN and Richard were two pretty men; •*•*• They...struck ten; Then up starts Robin and looks at the sky, Oh, brother Richard, the sun's very high ! You go on with the bottle and bag, And I'll come after with... | |
 | Samuel Butler - Erewhon (Imaginary place) - 1927 - 668 pages
...checked himself. It- had been on the tip of his tongue to be illuminated with the words, Sukoh and Sukop were two pretty men, They lay in bed till the clock struck ten, and to follow it up with, Now with the drops of this most Yknarc time My love looks fresh, in order... | |
 | Arthur Rackham - Juvenile Fiction - 1994 - 132 pages
...slashed him, She rode him through the mire; I would not lend my pony now For all the lady's hire. OBINAND RICHARD were two pretty men; They lay in bed till...struck ten; Then up starts Robin and looks at the sky, Oh! brother Richard, the sun's very high: You to first with bottle and bag, And I'll come after on... | |
 | Scott Coltrane - Family & Relationships - 1998 - 236 pages
...few exceptions. Consider, for example, the following Mother Goose rhyme about two young men: Robin and Richard were two pretty men, They lay in bed till...struck ten; Then up starts Robin and looks at the sky, "Oh, brother Richard, the sun's very high! You go before, with the bottle and bag, And I will come... | |
 | George Meredith - Fiction - 1998 - 564 pages
...udder of goats; also called the nightjar. 2. in parody of the old Ballad: The nursery rhyme, 'Robin and Richard were two pretty men,/ They lay in bed till the clock struck ten'. 3. father of 'the man: As in Wordsworth's 'My heart leaps up' (1802): 'The Child is father of the Man'.... | |
 | Jackie Silberg - Education - 2002 - 516 pages
...of Language River The Complete Book of Rhymes, Songs, Poems, FingerpUys, and Chants Robin an4 Robin and Richard were two pretty men. They lay in bed till...struck ten. Then up starts Robin and looks at the sky. Oh, brother Richard, the sun's very high. The steamer has gone, we can't get a ride You carry the wallet,... | |
 | Paul S. Boyer - History - 2002 - 521 pages
...page from a book of children's poems that pictured two men in bed together, with the rhyme: "Robin and Richard were two pretty men, / They lay in bed till the clock struck ten," she declared: "That's outside the norm for a child's book. That is definitely the kind of book that... | |
 | W. H. Auden - Poetry - 2004 - 604 pages
...dog at Kew; Pray tell me, sir, whose dog are you ? ALEXANDER POPE, I R° 12i Robin and Richard lOBIN and Richard were two pretty men, They lay in bed till...struck ten: Then up starts Robin, and looks at the sky, 'Oh! brother Richard, the sun's very high, The bull's in the barn threshing the corn; The cock's on... | |
 | William Roetzheim - Juvenile Fiction - 2007 - 808 pages
...market, to market, to buy a plum bun, Home again, home again, market is done. ROBIN AND RICHARD Robin and Richard were two pretty men, They lay in bed till...struck ten; Then up starts Robin and looks at the sky, "Oh, brother Richard, the sun's very high! You go before, with the bottle and bag, And I will come... | |
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