Runaway Donkey and Other Rhymes for Children

<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_60" id="Page_60">[Pg 60]</SPAN></span></p> <h2>CLOTHES</h2> <table summary="Clothes"> <tr> <td colspan="3"> <div class="fig3" style="width: 100%" > <ANTIMG src="images/060a.jpg" alt="Clothes" style="width: 100%" /></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdl"> <div class="fig1" style="width:72%" > <ANTIMG src="images/060b.jpg" alt="" style="width: 100%" /></div> </td> <td> <div class="poem3"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">We people wear so many things,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Almost the whole creation<br/></span> <span class="i0">It takes our clothing to supply,<br/></span> <span class="i2">For use or decoration.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">The fishes dress in shining scales<br/></span> <span class="i2">Of every gorgeous color;<br/></span> <span class="i0">The birds wear pretty feather suits,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Some gayer and some duller.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">The cat, the dog, the cow, the horse,<br/></span> <span class="i2">The squirrel and the rabbit,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Wear coats of fur; from small to great,<br/></span> <span class="i2">All have the selfsame habit.<br/></span></div> </div> <div class="poem3"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">But people wear so many things!<br/></span> <span class="i2">Almost the whole creation<br/></span> <span class="i0">It takes our clothing to supply<br/></span> <span class="i2">For use or decoration.<br/></span> <span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_61" id="Page_61">[Pg 61]</SPAN></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">A flannel jacket from the sheep<br/></span> <span class="i2">Who spared the wool with pleasure:<br/></span> <span class="i0">And from the silkworm ribbons gay.<br/></span> <span class="i2">And every silken treasure.<br/></span></div> </div> </td> <td class="tdr" > <div class="fig2" style="width:100%" ><ANTIMG src="images/060c.jpg" alt="" style="width: 100%" /></div> </td> </tr> </table> <div class="figleft"> <ANTIMG src="images/061a.jpg" alt="Cloths" style="width: 50%" /></div> <div class="figright"> <ANTIMG src="images/061b.jpg" alt="Animals" style="width: 50%" /></div> <div class="poem1"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">A dress from off the cotton plant.<br/></span> <span class="i2">Spun, woven, colored, printed:<br/></span> <span class="i0">A breastpin made of fishes' scales.<br/></span> <span class="i2">All delicately tinted.<br/></span></div> </div> <div class="poem1"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Of tortoise-shell my lady's comb.<br/></span> <span class="i2">And many another notion;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Her jewels from the mines are brought.<br/></span> <span class="i2">Her pearls from depths of ocean.<br/></span></div> </div> <div class="poem1"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">The golden straws from humble field<br/></span> <span class="i2">Are plaited for a bonnet,<br/></span> <span class="i0">The feather-coated ostrich gives<br/></span> <span class="i2">The plumes we place upon it.<br/></span></div> </div> <div class="poem1"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">From tropic trees the milky sap<br/></span> <span class="i2">Men constantly are getting,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And making into rubber shoes<br/></span> <span class="i2">To save our feet a wetting:<br/></span></div> </div> <div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/061c.jpg" alt="The golden straws from humble field" style="width: 50%" /></div> <div class="figleft"> <ANTIMG src="images/061d.jpg" alt="Shoe" style="width: 50%" /></div> <div class="figright2" style="width:20%"> <ANTIMG src="images/061e.jpg" alt="Rubber" style="width: 50%" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_62" id="Page_62">[Pg 62]</SPAN></span></p> <div class="poem1"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">While boots and shoes of every sort,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Of thick or thinnest leather,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Are made from skins of animals,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Tanned, cut, and sewed together.<br/></span></div> </div> <div class="poem1"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Yes, surely, as I said before,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Almost the whole creation<br/></span> <span class="i0">It takes our clothing to supply,<br/></span> <span class="i2">For use or decoration.<br/><br/><br/></span></div> </div> <div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/062.jpg" alt="Animals" style="width: 50%" /></div> <hr class="chap" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />