McGuffey's Second Eclectic Reader

Lesson Iv.

a bove' world dark oft

nev'er spark dew till

di'a mond twin'kle blaz'ing

The Little Star

1. Twinkle, twinkle, little star; How I wonder what you are, Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky!

2. When the blazing sun is set, And the grass with dew is wet, Then you show your little light; Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.

3. Then, if I were in the dark, I would thank you for your spark. I could not see which way to go, If you did not twinkle so.

4. And when I am sound asleep, Oft you through my window peep; For you never shut your eye, Till the sun is in the sky.