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... Poor old lady , she is dead Long ago — That he had a Roman nose , And his cheek was like a rose In the snow . But now his nose is thin , And it rests upon his chin Like a staff , And a crook is in his back , And a melancholy crack In ...
... Poor old lady , she is dead Long ago — That he had a Roman nose , And his cheek was like a rose In the snow . But now his nose is thin , And it rests upon his chin Like a staff , And a crook is in his back , And a melancholy crack In ...
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... poor Katy do ? Ah no ! the living oak shall crash , That stood for ages still , The rock shall rend its mossy base And thunder down the hill , Before the little Katydid Shall add one word , to tell The mystic story of the maid Whose ...
... poor Katy do ? Ah no ! the living oak shall crash , That stood for ages still , The rock shall rend its mossy base And thunder down the hill , Before the little Katydid Shall add one word , to tell The mystic story of the maid Whose ...
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... poor deluded aunt ! Her hair is almost gray ; Why will she train that winter curl In such a spring - like way ? How can she lay her glasses down , And say she reads as well , When through a double convex lens She just makes out to spell ...
... poor deluded aunt ! Her hair is almost gray ; Why will she train that winter curl In such a spring - like way ? How can she lay her glasses down , And say she reads as well , When through a double convex lens She just makes out to spell ...
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... Poor little , lovely innocents , All clamorous for bread , And so you kindly help to put A bachelor to bed . You ' re sitting on your window - seat , Beneath a cloudless moon ; You hear a sound , that seems to wear The semblance of a ...
... Poor little , lovely innocents , All clamorous for bread , And so you kindly help to put A bachelor to bed . You ' re sitting on your window - seat , Beneath a cloudless moon ; You hear a sound , that seems to wear The semblance of a ...
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Page 2 - The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has prest In their bloom, And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb.
Page 1 - I saw him once before, As he passed by the door, And again The pavement stones resound, As he totters o'er the ground With his cane. They say that in his prime, Ere the pruning-knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By the Crier on his round Through the town.