Nursery Rhyme. DLXXXIV. Natural History.

    I had a little pony,
        His name was Dapple-gray,
    I lent him to a lady,
        To ride a mile away;
    She whipped him, she slashed him,
        She rode him through the mire;
    I would not lend my pony now
        For all the lady's hire.

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Nursery Rhyme. XXXVI. Literal

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Nursery Rhyme. DXLII. Natural History.

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Nursery Rhyme. CLXXXIV. Riddles.

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Nursery Rhyme. CVIII. Proverbs.

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Nursery Rhyme. DLXXXVI. Natural History.

    Hussy, hussy, where's your horse?
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Nursery Rhyme. DLXXXVIII. Natural History.

    Rowsty dowt, my fire's all out,
    My little dame is not at home!
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    And fetch my little dame home again!
    Home she came, tritty trot,
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Nursery Rhyme. DXXXVII. Natural History.

As I went to Bonner,
        I met a pig
        Without a wig,
Upon my word and honour.

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Nursery Rhyme. DLXVI. Natural History.

    I had a little hen, the prettiest ever seen,
    She washed me the dishes, and kept the house clean:
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Nursery Rhyme. DLXXXVII. Natural History.

    Leg over leg,
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Nursery Rhyme. CCCCXCIX. Natural History.

    I had a little hobby-horse, and it was well shod,
    It carried me to the mill-door, trod, trod, trod;
    When I got there I gave a great shout,
    Down came the hobby-horse, and I cried out.
    Fie upon the miller, he was a great beast,
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    I had but little, but I would give him some,
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