Christina Georgina Rossetti

Sums

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.