cat and dog are always foes;Puss issued straightway his commandThat every dog should leave the land. Thus, as I trust, in pleasing rhymesAnd pleasing pictures, we have toldThat wondrous tale of former times.Our grandsires loved to hear of old.Like Mother Goose or Mother Morey,There is a useful… … THE STORY OF JACK AND THEBEAN-STALK There was a Widow, poor and old, Who had a son and a cow;She would sell the cow — which begins the tale Which I will tell you now. STORY OF JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK 273 Her son she sent to the market-town, To sell the cow at the fair,But Jack he sold his cow for…
Nursery rhymes
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