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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 53: LIII. Upon an Hour-Glass.
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.
LIII. Upon an Hour-Glass.
This Glass when made, was by the Work-mans Skill, The Sum of sixty minutes to fulfil. Time more, nor less, by it will out be spun, But just an Hour, and then the Glass is run.
THis Glass when made, was by the Work-mans Skill, The Sum of sixty minutes to fulfill. Time more, nor less, by it will out be spun, But just an Hour, and then the Glass is run.
Man's Life, we will compare unto this Glass, The Number of his Months he cannot pass; But when he has accomplished his day, He, like a Vapour, vanisheth away.
LIV. Upon the Chalk-stone.
This Stone is white, yea, warm, and also soft, Easy to work upon, unless 'tis naught. It leaves a white Impression upon those, Whom it doth touch, be they it's Friends or Foes.
THis Stone is white, yea, warm, and also soft, Easie to work upon, unless 'tis naught. It leaves a white Impression upon those, Whom it doth touch, be they it's Friends or Foes.