NURSERY RHYMES AND CRADLE

SONGS.

NURSERY RHYMES.

A BABY'S FEET.

ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE.

A BABY'S feet, like sea-shells pink,
Might tempt, should heaven see meet,
An angel's lips to kiss, we think,-
A baby's feet.

Like rose-hued sea-flowers toward the heat
They stretch and spread and wink
Their ten soft buds that part and meet.

No flower-bells that expand and shrink
Gleam half so heavenly sweet,
As shine on life's untrodden brink,-
A baby's feet.

A BABY'S HANDS.

ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE.

A BABY'S hands, like rosebuds furled,
Whence yet no leaf expands,

Ope if you touch, though close upcurled,—
A baby's hands.