Favourites of a nursery of seventy years ago : and some others of later date (1916)
Forbes, Edith Emerson · Boston : Houghton · leaf 471
OING TO BED Down upon my pillow warm, I do lay my little head,And the rain and wind and storm Cannot come a-nigh my bed. Many little children poor. Have not anywhere to go,And sad hardships they endure, Such as I did never know. Dear mamma, I thank you oft For my comfortable bed.And this pretty… … THE STAKS AND THE BABIES When the stars go to sleep,The babies awake, And they prattle and sparkle all day;Then the stars light their lamps,And their playtime they take, While the babies are sleeping away. So good-night, little baby,And shut up your eyes;Let the stars now have their turn at play;…
Nursery rhymes
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