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Favourites of a nursery of seventy years ago; and some others of later date (1916)

Forbes, Edith Emerson, comp · Boston, Houghton · leaf 250

An illustration from Favourites of a nursery of seventy years ago; and some others of later date, 1916, leaf 250 — rrahed, the rats they squealed, And soon the dreadful battle-field Was blue with smoke and red with fire, And filled with blood and savage ire. The rats had eaten so much jam, So many pies and so much ham, And were so fat and sick and sw^ollen With all the good things they had stolen, That they… … !232 FAVOURITES OF A NURSERY The rat king galloped from the field When all the rest Avere forced to yield; But though he still retained his skin, He nearly fainted with chagrin. To think that in that bloody tide So many of his rats had died. Fierce anger blazed within his breast; He would not stop…

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