Favourites of a nursery of seventy years ago : and some others of later date (1916)
Forbes, Edith Emerson · Boston : Houghton · leaf 41
WILD HUNTSMAN The wild huntsman put on his little green sack And took his powder and gun;He buckled his knapsack upon his back And off to the fields he did run. THE WILD HUNTSMAN 23 He put his spectacles upon his nose and said, Now, I will shoot the little hares and kill them dead. A cunning hare… … 24 FAVOURITES OF A NURSERY So he laid himself down in the shade of a tree,And shut u]) his eyes and slept peacefully. The Httle hare saw him, and out she crept,Stole slyly toward him, and w hile he slept,She took off his spectacles, picked up his gun,And softly on tip-toe away she did run. She…
Nursery rhymes
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