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A book for boys and girls, or, Country rhymes for childrenA book for boys and girls, or, Country rhimes for children
A book for boys and girls, or, Country rhymes for children by J.B.A book for boys and girls, or, Country rhimes for children by J.B.
London: printed for N.P., 1686
Title page typeset from the transcription.
A BOOK FOR Boys and Girls, &c. › Poem 8: VIII. Upon the Swallow.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
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VIII. Upon the Swallow.
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This pretty Bird, oh! how she flies and sings!
THis pretty Bird, oh! how she flies and sings!
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But could she do so if she had not Wings?
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•er Wings, bespeak my Faith, her Songs my Peace;
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When I believe and sing, my Doubtings cease.
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