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A book for boys and girls, or, Country rhymes for childrenA book for boys and girls, or, Country rhimes for children
A book for boys and girls, or, Country rhymes for children by J.B.A book for boys and girls, or, Country rhimes for children by J.B.
London: printed for N.P., 1686
Title page typeset from the transcription.
A BOOK FOR Boys and Girls, &c. › Poem 67: LXVII. Upon the Boy on his Hobby-horse.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
LXVII. Upon the Boy on his Hobby-horse.
Look how he swaggers, cocks his Hat, and rides, How on his Hobby-horse, himself he prides: He looketh grim, and up his Head doth toss, Says he'll ride over's with his Hobby-horse.
LOok how he swaggers, cocks his Hat, and rides, How on his Hobby-horse, himself he prides: He looketh grim, and up his Head doth toss, Says he'l ride over's with his Hobby-horse.
Comparison. Some we see mounted upon the Conceit That their Wit, Wealth, or Beauty is so great: But few their Equals may with them compare, Who yet more Godly, Wise, and Honest are. Behold how huff, how big they look; how high They lift their heads, as if they'd touch the Sky: Nor will they count these things, for Christ, a loss, So long as they do ride this Hobby-horse.
Comparison. Some we see mounted upon the Conceit That their Wit, Wealth, or Beauty is so great: But few their Equals may with them compare, Who yet more Godly, Wise, and Honest are. Behold how huff, how big they look; how high They lift their heads, as if they'd touch the Skie: Nor will they count these things, for Christ, a loss, So long as they do ride this Hobby-horse.