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 473
NG TO BED Down iij30ii 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 endnre, 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 himps,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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