Favourites of a nursery of seventy years ago : and some others of later date (1916)
Forbes, Edith Emerson · Boston, New York : Houghton Miffin Company · leaf 146
r the sea,And the wind w^as very high,l^nt, alas! no friend was nigh. Lnekily, her good mammaSaw her tronhle from afar;Kunning jnst in time, she caught herPretty little flying daughter. Jxhymes for t/ie Nnrseiy CLIMBINC; 0\ BACKS OF CHAIKS What, climb on the back of a chair! Oh, Henry, how can yon… … Indeed, my dear Henry, I hopeYou will never do so again. Your poor little teeth may be broke,Or your face get some terrible bruise. Indeed, and indeed, tis no joke, And you must not do just as you choose. For suppose theres no danger at all,T is your duty to mind what I say; So I 11 punish you,…
Nursery rhymes
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