Favourites of a nursery of seventy years ago : and some others of later date (1916)
Forbes, Edith Emerson · Boston : Houghton · leaf 307
THE GOOD BOY When Philips good mamma was ill,The servant begged he would be still,Because the doctor and the nurseHad said that noise w^ould make her worse. At night, when Philip went to bed,He kissed mamma, and whispring said, My dear mamma, I never willMake any noise when you are ill. The Daisy… … JOSEPH WEST Joseph West had been told, That if, when he grew old,He had not learnt rightly to S23ell, Thongh his writing were good, T would not be understood,And Joe said, I will learn my task well. And he made it a ruleTo be silent at school.And what do you think came to pass ?Why, he learnt it so…
Nursery rhymes
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