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 168
! She delightsAll sorrow^ to beguile — 148 FAVOURITES OF A NURSERY And t is the sweetest joy she feelsTo make the wretched smile. She taught me Avhen I had enough,To share it with the poor;And never let a needy childGo empty from the door. So take it, for you need not fear, Offending her, yon see… … THE BLACKBERRY GIRL U9 THE BLACKBEKKY GIRL (( \mtinned) What liaNc you in that basket, child?* Theyiv bhickberries, Miss, all jiickccl to-day;They re very large, and fully ripe,Do look at them, and taste them, pray. Oh, yes, they re very nice, indeed,Here s fourpence — that will buy a few;Xot quite…
Nursery rhymes
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