^ found kept writhing round,Until it sunk beneath the ground, xVnd Sally learned that dayThat worms are very harmless things,With neither teeth, nor claws, nor stings, To frighten her away. The Cowslip :524 FAVOURITES OF A NURSERY … THE BIRD-CATCHER The cats in the window and Shocks at the door:The pussy-cat mews and the Httle dog barks; For, see, such a sight as I neer saw before,A boy with a cage full of linnets and larks! And pussy the way how to catch them is seeking.To kill them, and spoil all their singing, poor things;…
Nursery rhymes
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