Favourites of a nursery of seventy years ago : and some others of later date (1916)
Forbes, Edith Emerson · Boston : Houghton · leaf 330
young, has learned to think.That clothes look spoiled with spots of ink. Perhaps some little girl may ask.If Lydia always learns her task;With pleasure I can answer this.Because with truth I answer, Yes. TTie Cowslip THE PURLOmER As Joe was at play, jS^ear the cupboard one day.When he thought no… … What Joe was about,His mother found out, When she looked at his fingers and thumbs. And when they had dined, Said to Joe, You will find,It is better to let things alone; These plums and these pears, l^o naughty boy shares.Who meddles with fruit not his own. The CoiosUi) TEE LETTER 313
Nursery rhymes
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