Lord Finchley

"Who ran away from his Nurse and was eaten by a Lion     There was a Boy whose name was Jim;     His Friends were very good to him.     They ga"

"I call you bad, my little child,     Upon the title page,     Because a manner rude and wild     Is common at your age.     The Moral of this"

"The tiger, on the other hand,     Is kittenish and mild,     And makes a pretty playfellow     For any little child.     And mothers of large"

"Who was frightened by a Passing Motor, and was brought to Reason     "Oh murder! What was that, Papa!"     "My child, It was a Motor-Car,"

"Here morning in the ploughman's songs is met     Ere yet one footstep shows in all the sky,     And twilight in the east, a doubt as yet,     S"

"The Text is taken from Percy's Reliques (1765), vol. i. p. 71, 'given from two MS. copies, transmitted from Scotland.' Herd had a very similar bal"