Favourites of a nursery of seventy years ago : and some others of later date (1916)
Forbes, Edith Emerson · Boston : Houghton · leaf 285
cull and scroll,Oer books and bones the enchanter stole;He strove the spell-word to recall,That would his spirit disenthrall;In vain; for in that fatal strife,Fear, rage, revenge so w^ildly raved,They stifled memorys voice; and lifeWas lost, that but a word had saved;Just as it burned before his… … But see, within their fiery eyesWhat wild unearthly fears arise ?Why start they thus with nostrils wide ?What spectre have the steeds espied?From out the gleaming casement, lo,A troop of startled demons go.Who d met at the magicians callTo revel in his banquet hall. 268 FAVOURITES OF A NURSERY The…
Nursery rhymes
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