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 290
ng relents.Forgives poor William and consents. xn Gaily goes the bridal train,Now the abbey gate they gain,In the light the lances gleam.And the royal banners stream;Sound the trumpets as they go.Through the portal winding slow.See in robes young AVilliam there,Gracing all the pageant rare,By his… … And to close the train they bi-ingIn his chair the stont old king.And who is this in robe of fur,That might become an emperor ? PUSS IN BOOTS ^271 Observe how gracefully he greetsThe crowd that throng tlie busy streets,Wliilst ribl)on gay and jewelled starProclaim his lofty rank afar.T is pussy—…
Nursery rhymes
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