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 68
Until the Hind came near;He wished, perhaps, to see how far Her love wonld conquer fear. Boldly she sprang, and on the horse Her two fore feet did place;And silently, — imploiingly, l^ooked up in the mans face. And as she stood, the man beheld With pity and sniprise,Bi«^ tears w-ell u]), and… … POOE DO^^vEY Poor Donkey, I 11 give him a handful of grass,T m sure he s a good-natured honest old ass;He trots to the market to cany the sack,And lets me ride all the way home on his back;And only just stops by the ditch for a minute,To see if there s any fresh grass for him in it. T is true, now…
Nursery rhymes
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