Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SING-SONG; A NURSERY RHYME BOOK: 50, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI



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First Line: A pin has a head, but has no hair
Last Line: And baby crows, without being a cock.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Variant Title(s): A Pin
Subject(s): Language; Nonsense; Words; Vocabulary


A pin has a head, but has no hair;
A clock has a face, but no mouth there;
Needles have eyes, but they cannot see;
A fly has a trunk without lock or key;
A timepiece may lose, but cannot win;
A corn-field dimples without a chin;
A hill has no leg, but has a foot;
A wine-glass a stem, but not a root;
Rivers run, though they have no feet;
A saw has teeth, but it does not eat;
Ash-trees have keys, yet never a lock;
And baby crows, without being a cock.




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