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When sober prose is spurn'd;
The charm of rhyme beguiles the time,
And still a lesson's learn'd.
RHYMES
FOR
HARRY
AND
HIS NURSE-MAID.
A simple tale will oft prevail,
When sober prose is spurn'd;
The charm of rhyme beguiles the time,
And still a lesson's learn'd.
Thus lines for youth, in simple truth,
We never will despise;
For maxims old, tho' frequent told,
May still assist the wise.
LONDON:
WILLIAM DARTON AND SON,
HOLBORN HILL.
PREFACE.
It is with feelings of great humility, froma sense of her own deficiency in the importantduties of a mother, that the writer of the followingrhymes submits them to the public. Herwish is to convey a few useful hints to nurse-maids,as well as to those mothers who havehad but little experience in the care of children.
Many young mothers, more especially inthe middle circles of life, have scarcely leisureto make education a study; while others, perhaps,do not reflect on the very great importanceof early habits; to such persons, the fewpractical observations contained in the notes,[iv]may not be unacceptable.
The subjection of the will, in the first place