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Twinkle,
twinkle, little star |
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"Twinkle,
twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are. |
When
the blazing sun is gone,
When he nothing shines upon,
Then you show your little light,
Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Then
the traveler in the dark
Thanks you for your tiny spark;
He could not see which way to go,
If you did not twinkle so.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are! |
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In the
dark blue sky you keep,
and often through my curtains peep,
For you never shut your eye,
'till the sun is in the sky.
As your bright and tiny spark
Lights the traveller in the dark,
Though I know not what you are
Twinkle, twinkle little star." |
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"Twinkle,
Twinkle, Little Star is one of the most popular English nursery
rhymes. It combines the tune of the 1761 French melody Ah! Vous
dirais-je, Maman with a poem in couplet form; "The Star",
by Jane Taylor, was first published in 1806 in Rhymes for the
Nursery, a collection of poems by her sister Ann and herself."
"The
words and lyrics of this beautiful nursery rhyme is more like
a poem and as such makes good use of the simile ' like a diamond
in the sky' . The authors were sisters Ann and Jane Taylor. The
first publication date was 1806. The lyrics draw a comparison
of the twinkling of the star to the shutting or blinking of the
eye providing a perfect illustration of clever imagery and excellent
use of the English language." |
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