THISTLEDOWN :

Verses,

ORIGINAL AND TRANSLATED.

BY

MRS SMITH SLIGO.

Ego apis matinæ

More modoque

Grata carpentis thyma per laborem

Plurimum, circa nemus, uvidique

Tiburis ripas, operosa parvus

Carmina fingo.

-HOR. Carm. iv. Od. 2.

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AND

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BIBLIOT

To

Archibald Dominic,

and

Ronald James Smith Sligo,

These Lines

PREFACE.

THE following verses were written at different times, and after long intervals. When the idea first occurred to me of collecting some of them for the amusement of my own little children, I selected the simplest, and had them printed for private circulation. Yielding to the wishes of my friends, I have added to the little work some longer pieces, which I hope may be more acceptable to children of a larger growth.

M. S. S.

EDINBURGH, 1866.

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