Mother Goose's Bicycle Tour

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The collection frames a lighthearted bicycle tour taken by an elderly rhyming hostess and her goose, using that journey to present a wide assortment of nursery verses, parodies, and short poems. Familiar jingles and character pieces alternate with comic vignettes, riddles, and enigmata, often interspersed with French phrases and playful foreign allusions. Stanzas range from sing-song originals to humorous rewrites, accompanied by occasional scene-setting lines and a glossary. The overall tone is whimsical and theatrical, aimed at young readers through melodic rhythm, visual suggestion, and gentle absurdity.

A KING.D

A king:—in history my name is surely known;
Their love my subjects by word and deed have shown.
Tho’ grieved to leave the palace of my sires,
Tho’ grieved to leave the land of sunny skies,
Choice of evils bade me leave my tottering throne,—
Should I say more my answer would be known.

FOOTNOTES:

D Un certain roi et sa cour furent obligés de laisser leur capital et partir pour le nouveau monde à cause du tremblement de terre, A.D. 1755.

A certain king and his court were obliged to leave their capital and set out for the New World on account of an earthquake in A.D. 1755.