FIGURES IN VERSE,
AND
SIMPLE RHYMES.
1, 2,
One, Two,
I. II.
Fasten my shoe.
3, 4,
Three, Four,
III. IV.
Shut the door.
5, 6,
Five, Six,
V. VI.
Pick up sticks.
7, 8,
Seven, Eight,
VII. VIII.
Lay them straight.
9, 10,
Nine, Ten,
IX. X.
A good fat hen.
11, 12,
Eleven, Twelve,
XI. XII.
Who will delve.
13, 14,
Thirteen, Fourteen,
XIII. XIV.
Clerks reporting.
15, 16,
Fifteen, Sixteen,
XV. XVI.
Kate’s a vixen.
17, 18,
Seventeen, Eighteen,
XVII. XVIII.
Maids a waiting.
19, 20,
Nineteen, Twenty,
XIX. XX.
My stomach’s empty.
“Oh, where are you going,
My pretty maiden fair,
With your red, rosy cheeks,
And your coal-black hair?”
“I’m going to the lake,
Gentle sir,” she said,
“To fill the jar with water,
That rests upon my head.”
