The Bookshelf for boys and girls Little Journeys into Bookland part 2 (1912)
University Society, New York · New York: University Society · leaf 54
ueen of May, she said,But all the rest are gone;And who can play at queens alone?Then up spake Little John: Cheer up, sweetheart; the sun doth shine; It is the month of May;Take no more thought on bitterness Till thou art old and gray.If thou wouldst play at being queen, Then make no more ado:I am… … LITTLE JOHN MEETS THE LITTLE MAID. Then he hath taken her in his arms, Like a little bird to his breast,And smileth behind his yellow beard At such a merry jest;For never a sight like this was seen Beneath the greenwood tree-Bold Little John a-serving gone, A nursemaid for to be !Who is thy father,…
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