Christina Georgina Rossetti

One And One Are Two

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.