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SING-SONG; A NURSERY RHYME BOOK: 44 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

Poet Analysis

First Line: 1 AND 1 ARE 2
Last Line: PRETTY PICTURES, AND NO MORE.

1 and 1 are 2 --
That's for me and you.

2 and 2 are 4 --
That's a couple more.

3 and 3 are 6
Barley-sugar sticks.

4 and 4 are 8
Tumblers at the gate.

5 and 5 are 10
Bluff seafaring men.

6 and 6 are 12
Garden lads who delve.

7 and 7 are 14
Young men bent on sporting.

8 and 8 are 16
Pills the doctor's mixing.

9 and 9 are 18
Passengers kept waiting.

10 and 10 are 20
Roses -- pleasant plenty!

11 and 11 are 22
Sums for brother George to do.

12 and 12 are 24
Pretty pictures, and no more.



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