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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SING-SONG; A NURSERY RHYME BOOK: 97, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Hurt no living thing
Last Line: Nor harmless worms that creep.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Animal Rights; Animals; Environment; Animal Abuse; Vivisection; Environmental Protection; Ecology; Conservation
First Line: Hurt no living thing
Last Line: Nor harmless worms that creep.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Animal Rights; Animals; Environment; Animal Abuse; Vivisection; Environmental Protection; Ecology; Conservation
Hurt no living thing:
Ladybird, no butterfly,
Nor moth with dusty wing.
No cricket chirping cheerily,
Nor grasshopper so light of leap,
Nor dancing gnat, no beetle fat,
Nor harmless worms that creep.
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