Favourites of a nursery of seventy years ago : and some others of later date (1916)
Forbes, Edith Emerson · Boston : Houghton · leaf 293
s head on the table doAvn,Arid slept, and snored like thunder. When bold Jack saw the Giant fast,He crept from his hiding-place; He seized the hen, and he seized the harp.And fled with rapid pace. But oh! the harp was a wondrous thing,It could speak as well as play, And cried, ■ Oh, master! heres a… … When Jack saw that the Giant came,You may fancy he was not slow; He ran away to the bean-stalks topAs quickly as he could go. He slid down the bean-stalk all in haste,Not a moment would he stop; But when he came to the base of the stalk,The Giant appeared at the top. 276 FAVOURITES OF A NURSERY And…
Nursery rhymes
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