Arts & Sciences
The rose is red, the grass is green (another version)
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Arts & Sciences
The rose is red, the grass is green;
And in this book my name is seen.
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Scholastic.
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MLA
Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “The rose is red, the grass is green (another version).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/118/.
Chicago
Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “The rose is red, the grass is green (another version).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/118/.
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