Favourites of a nursery of seventy years ago : and some others of later date (1916)
Forbes, Edith Emerson · Boston : Houghton · leaf 159
Then Minz and Maunz,The little cats.Began to scream and cry. Help! Fire! Oh, who will quickly come !The child will surely die! PAULINE AND THE MATCHES She s all in flames from top to toe !Miow, mio ! Miow, mio ! Pauline now no more was there,She burned from pantalette to hair;And in the place where… … *:< V;t:^ Si- But Minz and Maunz the faithful cats Sat by the pretty shoes,And said, Unto her parents dear Oh, who will tell the news ?Miow, mio ! miow, mio! Their tears like little brooks did flow. Translated from the German by A. L. Furness (Jlrs. A. L. Wister) 142 FAVOURITES OF A NURSERY…
Nursery rhymes
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