Favourites of a nursery of seventy years ago : and some others of later date (1916)
Forbes, Edith Emerson · Boston : Houghton · leaf 381
member, too, that you must pray,And watch, and labour, every day;l^ov think it wearisome or hardTo he for ever on your guard:No: every morning must beginWith resolutions not to sin;And every evening recollectHow much you Ve failed in this respect.Ask, whether such a guilty heartShould act a proud,… … SULKING Why is Mary standing there,Leaning down upon a chair,With pouting hp and frowning brow?I wonder whats the matter now. Come here, my dear, and tell me true.Is it because I spoke to youAbout the work so badly done,That you are such a naughty one ? Why, then, indeed, I m grieved to seeThat you…
Nursery rhymes
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