CINDERELLA,

LITTLE GLASS SLIPPER.

LONDON
S

GRANT AND GRIFF

SSSOBfl

TO

J.

HARRIS, CORNER OF

ST.

TAUL'S CHURCH- YARD.

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CINDERELLA,

LITTLE GLASS SLIPPER

LONDON: GRANT AND GRIFFITH,

SUCCESSORS TO
J.

HARRIS,

CORNER OF

ST.

PAUI/S CHURCHYARD.

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WHAT
Three
I

females are these, introduced to our view ?

sisters
:

most proud and unfeeling are two,

Bella
;

mean pompous Martha and

other, ill-treated

The

by night and by day,

their

Their drudg'ry must do,

commands must

obey,

And

is

called, in

contempt, Cinderella.

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One
The

ev'ning a ball being given at court,

ladies

went

out, after

making

their sport
;

Of their amiable
She saw them

heart-broken slave

depart,

and she heaved a deep

"

sigh,

Then

burst into tears, and exclaim'd,

treat as

O
!"

that I

Such a

my

sisters

could have

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Her godmother just

at this "

moment

appears,
tears,

And

says for her comfort,

I

Come, dry up your

;

For
I

am

a Fairy,

you know
this

wonders perform with

magical wand,

So instantly do what

I choose to

command,
11

And you

to the palace shall go.

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"Go

fetch
trice
;

me

a pumpkin:"

'twas brought in a

"

Now

open the mouse-trap

Oh

here are six mice,

:"

Which

soon six fine horses shall be

Twas

said

and 'twas done, and then by a touch,

instantly changed to a coach,
delightful to see.

The pumpkin was

Most superb and

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"The

rat-trap

now

bring

me:"

a large rat was

caught,

And soon, from the

For the
fairy

yard, six fine lizards

skill to display
;

were brought,

her

The former, a grave steady coachman became,

And
To

the latter were changed by a touch of the dame,

six footmen, in liveries gay.

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The

glittering equipage stood at the door,

When

the good-natured, kind-hearted, Fairy once

more,

Waved

her magical wand in the air

Cinderella's

mean garments

at once

we

behold,

Transferr'd into robes all bespangled with gold,

And

fit

for a

Duchess to wear.

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A pair
And

of glass slippers the Fairy next gave,

then of her god-daughter took a kind leave,

;

After giving the needful advice

"

Stay not

till 'tis

midnight, I charge you, for fear

Your

dress, coach,

and

servants, should all disappear,

And

your horses again turn to mice."

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Our heroine now drove away

to the ball,
all

Where

her peronal charms were admired by

Who

saw the young stranger advance

The Prince who

desired no fairer a bride,

sit

Respectfully begged she would

by

his side,

And

afterwards asked her to dance.

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CINDERELLA.

The clock struck eleven

and once more began,

ran,
:

When

away from the palace our heroine

With

such speed, not a creature could find her

Through the guards she

plain,

escap'd, as a servant quite

But though
She

all

research and enquiry proved vain,

left a glass slipper

behind her.

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11

The Prince was

distracted,

and taken so
aid

ill,

Physicians could yield

him no
was
his

by their
:

skill

The
The

seat of disease

mind
lips

slipper,

with sighs, to his

he

oft pressed,

And,

at length, to his mother, the

Queen, he con-

fessed

That

for love of its

owner he pined.

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CINDERELLA.

A herald, on horseback, now went through the town,

Proclaiming aloud that the heir to the crown

Would

certainly

make her

his bride,

Whom
And
At
all

the

little glass slipper

exactly should

fit

were invited next morning, to meet,

it

a place where

lay to be tried.

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13

The

ladies in

crowds were assembled next day,

But went disappointed and blushing away,

Unable to thrust
in a toe
:

Cinderella, at length

said "I'll try, if

you please

:"

The

slipper

went on with astonishing

ease,

And

the other she also could show.

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CINDERELLA.

Astonishment now was excited of course

But she who could change a small mouse

Determined to do something more
:

to a horse,

She comes,

and the stranger, who danc'd at the

ball,

Is instantly seen

and acknowledged by

all,

In a dress as superb as before.

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15

Adieu to the doctors

go, bid the bells ring

Cinderella has married the son of a King,

And pardoned
Those
sisters,
is

her sisters beside

most humbled, now cheerfully own,

That none

more worthy

to sit

on a throne
bride.

Than

this virtuous

and kind-hearted

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