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Book: A Child's Garden of Verses

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  • The Land of Nod
    From breakfast on through all the day
    At home among my friends I stay,
    16 lines
  • To any Reader
    As from the house your mother sees
    You playing round the garden trees,
    16 lines
  • Bed in Summer
    In winter I get up at night
    And dress by yellow candle-light.
    12 lines, 4 comments
  • Auntie's Skirts
    Whenever Auntie moves around,
    Her dresses make a curious sound,
    4 lines
  • From a Railway Carriage
    Faster than fairies, faster than witches,
    Bridges and houses, hedges and ditches;
    15 lines, 8 comments
  • The Lamplighter
    My tea is nearly ready and the sun has left the sky.
    It's time to take the window to see Leerie going by;
    12 lines
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