1 and 1 are 2 –
That’s for me and you.
2 and 2 are 4 –
That’s a couple more.
3 and 3 are 6
Barley-sugar sticks.
4 and 4 are 8
Tumblers at the gate.
5 and 5 are 10
Bluff seafaring men.
6 and 6 are 12
Garden lads who delve.
7 and 7 are 14
Young men bent on sporting.
8 and 8 are 16
Pills the doctor’s mixing.
9 and 9 are 18
Passengers kept waiting.
10 and 10 are 20
Roses – pleasant plenty!
11 and 11 are 22
Sums for brother George to do.
12 and 12 are 24
Pretty pictures, and no more.
Christina Georgina Rossetti
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