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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MINNIE AND WINNIE, by ALFRED TENNYSON Recitation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Minnie and winnie / slept in a shell
Last Line: The sun is aloft!
Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron
Subject(s): Children; Morning; Childhood
First Line: Minnie and winnie / slept in a shell
Last Line: The sun is aloft!
Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron
Subject(s): Children; Morning; Childhood
MINNIE and Winnie
Slept in a shell.
Sleep, little ladies!
And they slept well.
Pink was the shell within,
Silver without;
Sounds of the great sea
Wander'd about.
Sleep, little ladies!
Wake not soon!
Echo on echo
Dies to the moon.
Two bright stars
Peep'd into the shell.
'What are they dreaming of?
Who can tell?'
Started a green linnet
Out of the croft;
Wake, little ladies!
The sun is aloft!
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