And as in twenty bits they lay, Her grandmamma she spies. "Heyday! and what's the matter now?" Says grandmamma, with lifted brow. Matilda, smarting with the pain, Ann and Jane Taylor. Frances keeps her Promise "MY Fanny, I have news to tell, Your diligence quite pleases me; You've worked so neatly, read so well, With Cousin Jane you may take tea. "But pray remember this, my love, With many thanks the attentive child And with the maid then went away. Arrived, the little girl was shown They dance, they play, and sweetly sing, With wine and jellies, fruit and cakes. Then comes papa, who says, "My dears, And that which on the wall appears, While Frances too enjoyed the sight, She hears, alas! the clock strike nine. "Miss Fanny's maid for her is come.""Oh dear, how soon!" the children cry; They press, but Fanny will go home, And bids her little friends good-bye. "See, dear mamma, I have not stayed"; "Good girl, indeed," mamma replies, "I knew you'd do as you had said, And now you'll find you've won a prize. "So come, my love, and see the man "Here, Miss, are pretty birds to buy, "Would you a Java sparrow love?" So harmless, innocent, and mild." "Your choice, my Fanny, I commend, Few birds can with the dove compare ; But, lest it pine without a friend, I give you leave to choose a pair." Ann and Jane Taylor. |