Favourites of a nursery of seventy years ago : and some others of later date (1916)
Forbes, Edith Emerson · Boston : Houghton · leaf 166
never! She delightsAll sorrow to beguile — 148 FAVOURITES OF A NURSERY And t is the sweetest joy she feelsTo make the wretched smile. She taught me when I had enough,To share it with the poor;And never let a needy childGo empty from the door. So take it, for you need not fearOffending her, you see… … THE BLACKBERRY GIRL 149 THE BLACKBERRY GIRL ( Continued)^What have you in that basket, child?Theyre blackberries, Miss, all picked to-day;They re very large, and fully ripe.Do look at them, and taste them, pray. Oh, yes, they re very nice, indeed.Here s foui-pence — that will buy a few;Not quite so…
Nursery rhymes
Internet Archive · New York Public Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
![An illustration from Banbury chap books and nursery toy book literature [of the XVIII and early XIX centuries] (1890)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-banburychapbooks00pearrich-100-307.webp)
![An illustration from Geistliche Herzens-Einbildungen inn zweihundert und fünfzig biblischen Figur-Sprüchen angedeutet : allen andächtige[n] Herze[n], u. der Tugent-Liebenden Jugent, zu einer Gottseligen Belustigung, auch denen Einfältigen, zu einer anmuthigen Vorstellung, unschweren Ergreiffung, und nuzlichen Fassung, auss allen canonischen Büchern der H. Schrifft ... (1688)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-geistlicheherzen00matt-306-1099.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial182dodg-486-384.webp)
