by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)
Three little children
Language: English
Three little children
On the wide wide earth,
Motherless children--
Cared for from their birth
By tender angels.
Three little children
On the wide wide sea,
Motherless children--
Safe as safe can be
With guardian angels.
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Text Authorship:
- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-02
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Word count: 37