Favourites of a nursery of seventy years ago : and some others of later date (1916)
Forbes, Edith Emerson · Boston : Houghton · leaf 288
king relents.Forgives poor William and consents. XII Gaily goes the bridal train,Now the abbey gate they gain,In the light the lances gleam.And the royal banners stream;Sound the trumpets as they go.Through the portal winding slow.See in robes young William there,Gracing all the pageant rare.By his… … And to close the train they bringIn his chair the stout old king.And who is this in robe of fur,That might become an emperor ? PUSS IN BOOTS 271 Observe how gracefully he greetsThe crowd that throng the busy streets.Whilst ribbon gay and jewelled starProclaim his lofty rank afar.Tis pussy — mark…
Nursery rhymes
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