280 NURSERY RHYMES.

 

saw a Venice glass full fifteen feet deep,

saw a well full of men’s tears that weep,

saw red eyes all of a flaming fire,

saw a house bigger than the moon and higher,
saw the sun at twelve o’clock at night,

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saw the man that saw this wondrous sight.

CCCCLXVI.

[The conclusion of the following resembles a verse in the nursery history of
; Mother Hubbard. ]

THERE was an old woman, and what do you think?
She lived upon nothing but victuals and drink:
Victuals and drink were the chief of her diet;

This tiresome old woman could never be quiet.

She went to the baker, to buy her some bread,

And when she came home her old husband was dead ;
She went to the clerk to toll the bell,

And when she came back her old husband was well.

CCCCLXVII.

THERE was an old woman had nothing,
And there came thieves to rob her;
When she cried out she made no noise,

But all the country heard her.