The Rain-drops
To the great brown
house where the flowerets lives,
Came the rain with its tap, tap,
tap! -
And whispered:
"Violet, Snowdrop, Rose,
Your pretty eyes you
must now unclose
From your long, long wintry
nap!" -
Said the rain with its tap, tap,
tap!
From the doors they
peeped with a timid grace,
Just to answer this tap, tap, tap!
Miss Snowdrop curtsied a sweet "Good day!"
Then all came nodding
their heads so gay,
And they said: "We've had our
nap.
Thank you, rain, for your tap, tap,
tap!"
- George
Cooper
From First Lessons in Language
Southworth and Goddard 1891
