Favourites of a nursery of seventy years ago : and some others of later date (1916)
Forbes, Edith Emerson · Boston : Houghton · leaf 275
nd light of heartWith gay disdain he shunned the dart. - T will never do, cried gallant Will, My kindly brothers bid me shareThe profits of the ass and mill.But, no; Ill fortune seek elsewhere.Just then our friendly Puss appeared,Winking his eyes so wise and weird,And on the table gravely toldPiece… … Assured, but touched to see his pride,Will kindly drew him to his side,Again he vowed to trust him stillReceived the scold nor dreamed of ill. And now the cat did daily bringHis favorite birds to please the king. 258 FAVOURITES OF A NURSERY You see him by the kitchen grate He stands in dignity and…
Nursery rhymes
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