When we were very young

by A. A. Milne

Up and down the river darts a blue-black swallow.

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THE DORMOUSE AND THE DOCTOR

There once was a Dormouse who lived in a bed

Of delphiniums (blue) and geraniums (red),

And all the day long he’d a wonderful view

Of geraniums (red) and delphiniums (blue).

A Doctor came hurrying round, and he said: