Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SING-SONG; A NURSERY RHYME BOOK: 78, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI


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First Line: A white hen sitting
Last Line: Squat safe as safe can be.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina


A white hen sitting
On white eggs three:
Next, three speckled chickens
As plump as plump can be.

An owl, and a hawk,
And a bat come to see:
But chicks beneath their mother's wing
Squat safe as safe can be.





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