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A Child’s Garden of Verses, volume of 64 poems for children by Robert Louis Stevenson, published in 1885. The collection, which Stevenson dedicated to Alison Cunningham (his childhood nurse), was one of the most influential children’s works in the 19th century, and its verses were widely imitated.
A Child's Garden of Verses is an 1885 volume of 64 poems for children by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. It has been reprinted many times, often in illustrated versions, and is considered to be one of the most influential children's works of the 19th century. [2]
The angel of my infant life--. From the sick child, now well and old, Take, nurse, the little book you hold! And grant it, Heaven, that all who read. May find as dear a nurse at need, And every child who lists my rhyme, In the bright, fireside, nursery clime, May hear it in as kind a voice.
25 maj 2017 · Summary. Is this the complete rhyme of ‘Jack and Jill’? That depends on when you read it, or where. The first stanza is by far the oldest, and seems to have been the sum total of the ‘Jack and Jill’ rhyme in the eighteenth century, when it’s first recorded.
12 maj 2023 · The Original Nursery Rhyme. “Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary,” is thought to be about Queen Mary, saddled with the sobriquet “Bloody Mary” for the deaths of around 300 souls she had executed....
The world’s best nursery rhymes books of all time. Recommended by leading experts like Korky Paul, Elys Dolan, and Steven Wolfe Pereira.
Take, nurse, the little book you hold! And grant it, Heaven, that all who read. May find as dear a nurse at need, And every child who lists my rhyme, In the bright, fireside, nursery clime, May hear it in as kind a voice. As made my childish days rejoice! R. L. S.
