The Bookshelf for boys and girls Little Journeys into Bookland (1912)
University Society, New York · New York : University Society · leaf 148
130 POEMS FOR CHILDREN OF ALL AGES 131 The hobby-horse knocked down a chair; The dog fell in a pail;The trumpeter reached for the mouse, But only touched its tail! They hunted the mouse all over the house, Until they nearly dropped:They thought at last they had it fast, When in a hole it popped! … Then back to the nursery they crept,As the day was coming in — The hobby-horse and the woolly dogAnd the trumpeter made of tin. This is the tale I heard them tell Of a strange adventure that once befell. THE ROBIN TO HIS MATE By Mrs. Carter Said Robin to his pretty mate,Bring here a little hay;Lay…
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