Favourites of a nursery of seventy years ago : and some others of later date (1916)
Forbes, Edith Emerson · Boston : Houghton · leaf 248
ing far and near, At once this awful thing did hear. And all declared, with cries of rage, A war against the rats theyd wage. The mouse king blew a trumpet blast. And soon the mice came thick and fast From every place, in every manner. And crowded round the royal banner. Each had a sword, a bow and… … He wore a pistol by his side.And on a bull-frog he did ride.March on! he cried. And, hot and thick,His army rushed, in double-quick.And hardly one short hour had wanedBefore the ranks the rat camp gained,With sounding drum and screaming fifeEnough to raise the dead to life. The rats, awakened by…
Nursery rhymes
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