Favourites of a nursery of seventy years ago : and some others of later date (1916)
Forbes, Edith Emerson · Boston : Houghton · leaf 22
,And he snapped at the drop For the sake of the fly. Oh! said the little fly, What shall we do ?If the fish swallows you,He will swallow me too. The wave then brokeWith a mighty shock. And left little fly On the top of a rock.^ And a sunbeam, that saw What Avas passing down there. Drank the drop.… … STOP! STOP!PRETTY WATER Stop ! stop! pretty water,Said Mary one day,To a frolicsome brookThat was running away. Yon rnn on so fast! I wish yon wonld stay;My boat and my flowersYon will carry away. STOP! STOP! PRETTY WATER But I will run after; Mother says that I may;For I would kuow whereYou are…
Nursery rhymes
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