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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 388

An illustration from Favourites of a nursery of seventy years ago; and some others of later date, 1916, leaf 388 — When ])apa oi mamma had a job to be done,These good little girls wonld immediately i-nn;And not stand disputing to which it belonged,And grnmble, and fi*et, and declai-e they were wronged. Whatever occnrred in their work oi* their play.They are willing to yield, and give np their own way:Then let… … THE GLEANEE Before the bright sun rises over the hill,In the cornfield poor Mary is seen, Impatient her little blue apron to fill With the few scattered ears she can glean. She never leaves off, nor runs ont of her place To play, or to idle, and chat;Except now and then just to wipe her hot face,…

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