Aunt Louisa's nursery favourite : comprising Diamonds and toads, Dick Whittington, Lily Sweetbriar, Uncle's farm yard (1870)
Valentine, L. (Laura), d. 1899, Kronheim, Joseph Martin, 1810-1896, Greenaway, Kate, 1846-1901 · London : Frederick Warne and Co. ; New York : Scribner, Welford and Co. · leaf 56
e pinchcl by want and cold;No father or no mother watchd with love oer this poor boy,Whose dearest treasure was a Cat, his pet and only joy,That came to him beseechingly when death was at the door,And kindly to relieve her wants he shared his little store.A grateful Cat! no mice might live where… … Alice advises him to send Ms Cat. Now on the Thames a gallant ship lay ready to set sail,When spoke the Merchant, Ho! prepare to catch the favring gale;And each who will his fortune try, haste, get your goods on board,The gains ye all shall share with me, whateer they may afford;From distant lands…
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