The BABES in the Wood.
ONE OF R. CALDECOTT’S PICTURE BOOKS
George Routledge & Sons.
The Babes in the Wood.
SORE SICKE THEY WERE AND LIKE TO DYE
Now ponder well, you parents deare,
These wordes which I shall write;
A doleful story you shall heare,
In time brought forth to light.
A gentleman of good account
In Norfolke dwelt of late,
Who did in honour far surmount
Most men of his estate.
Sore sicke he was, and like to dye,
No helpe his life could save;
His wife by him as sicke did lye,
And both possest one grave.