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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SPINNERS, by OVIE PEDIGO TANNER
First Line: Spider - spinning up and down
Last Line: When he weathered ocean gales.
Subject(s): Children; Tops (toys); Childhood
First Line: Spider - spinning up and down
Last Line: When he weathered ocean gales.
Subject(s): Children; Tops (toys); Childhood
Spider -- spinning up and down, --
Busy creature -- round and round;
House of silv'ry, gauzy thread,
Through the swaying branches spread.
Happy little Laddie Boy, --
With a shining brand-new toy;
See it spinning on the ground --
With its merry humming sound.
Mother -- rising with the sun, --
Daily spinning to be done
For some money to buy bread;
Hungry children must be fed.
Grandpa -- 'neath a shady tree
With his comrades -- two or three, --
Spinning old-time, salt-spiced tales,
When he weathered ocean gales.
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