Love
There was a little maid, and she was afraid
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Love
There was a little maid, and she was afraid,
That her sweetheart would come unto her;
So she went to bed, and cover'd up her head
And fasten'd the door with a skewer.
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Love and Matrimony.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “There was a little maid, and she was afraid.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/474/.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “There was a little maid, and she was afraid.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/474/.
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