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 295
n the table down,And slept, and snored like thunder. When bold Jack saw the Giant fast.He crept from his hiding-place; He seized the hen, and he seized the harp.And fled with rapid pace. But oh! the harp was a wondrous thing.It could speak as w^ell as play. And cried, Oh, master! heres a thief.Whos… … AV^hen Jack saw that the Giant came,You may fancy he was not slow; He ran away to the bean-stalks topAs quickly as he could go. He slid down the bean-stalk all in haste,Not a moment would he stop; But when he came to the base of the stalk,The Giant appeared at the top. 276 FAVOURITES OF A NURSERY…
Nursery rhymes
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