#EnglishWriters
Jonathan Jo Has a mouth like an 'O’ And a wheelbarrow full of surprise… If you ask for a bat, Or for something like that,
Where the water-lilies go To and fro, Rocking in the ripples of the wate… Lazy on a leaf lies the Lake King… And the faint winds shake her.
If I were a bear, And a big bear too, I shouldn’t much care If it froze or snew; I shouldn’t much mind
Christopher Robin goes Hoppity, hoppity, Hoppity, hoppity, hop. Whenever I tell him Politely to stop it, he
Of all the Knights in Appledore The wisest was Sir Thomas Tom. He multiplied as far as four, And knew what nine was taken from To make eleven. He could write
A lion has a tail and a very fine… And so has an elephant and so has… And so has a crocodile, and so has… They’ve all got tails but me. If I had sixpence I would buy one…
Has anybody seen my mouse? I opened his box for half a minute… Just to make sure he was really in… And while I was looking, he jumpe… I tried to catch him, I tried, I…
A bear, however hard he tries, Grows tubby without exercise. Our Teddy Bear is short and fat, Which is not to be wondered at; He gets what exercise he can
Same old trenches, same old view, Same old rats as blooming tame, Same old dug-outs, nothing new, Same old smell, the very same, Same old bodies out in front,
I went down to the shouting sea, Taking Christopher down with me, For Nurse had given us sixpence e… And down we went to the beach. We had sand in the eyes and the ea…
I found a little beetle; so that… And I called him Alexander and he… I put him in a match-box, and I k… And Nanny let my beetle out - Yes, Nanny let my beetle out -
There once was a Dormouse who liv… Of delphiniums (blue) and geranium… And all the day long he’d a wonder… Of geraniums (red) and delphiniums… A Doctor came hurrying round, and…
What shall I call My dear little dormouse? His eyes are small, But his tail is e-nor-mouse. I sometimes call him Terrible Joh…
The King’s Breakfast The King asked The Queen, and The Queen asked The Dairymaid:
I often wish I were a King, And then I could do anything. If only I were King of Spain, I’d take my hat off in the rain. If only I were King of France,