Lisbon Nursery Rhymes

Famous quotes containing the words nursery rhymes, nursery and/or rhymes:

“Yes, I know.
Death sits with his key in my lock.
Not one day is taken for granted.
Even nursery rhymes have put me in hock.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

“What is your fortune, my pretty maid?
“My face is my fortune, Sir,” she said.”
—Where Are You Going to, My Pretty Maid? Nursery rhyme.

“Always polite, fastidiously dressed in a linen duster and mask, he used to leave behind facetious rhymes signed “Black Bart, Po—8,” in mail and express boxes after he had finished rifling them.”
—For the State of California, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)