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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 19: XIX. Of the Mole in the Ground.
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.
XIX. Of the Mole in the Ground.
The Mole's a Creature very smooth and slick, She digs i'th'dirt, but 'twill not on her stick. So's he who counts this world his greatest gains, Yet nothing gets but's labour for his pains. Earth's the Mole's Element, she can't abide To be above ground, dirt heaps are her pride; And he is like her, who the Worldling plays, He imitates her in her works, and ways.
THe Mole's a Creature very smooth and slick, She digs i'th'dirt, but 'twill not on her stick. So's he who counts this world his greatest gains, Yet nothing gets but's labour for his pains. Earth's the Mole's Element, she can't abide To be above ground, dirt heaps are her pride; And he is like her, who the Wordling plays, He imitates her in her works, and ways.
Poor silly Mole, that thou shouldst love to be, Where thou, nor Sun, nor Moon, nor Stars can see. But oh! How silly's he, who doth not care, So he gets Earth, to have of Heaven a share!