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Come to my arms , my beamish boy ! O frabjous day ! Callooh ! Callay ! ” He chortled in his joy . ' Twas brillig , and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe ; All mimsy were the borogoves , And the mome raths outgrabe .
Come to my arms , my beamish boy ! O frabjous day ! Callooh ! Callay ! ” He chortled in his joy . ' Twas brillig , and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe ; All mimsy were the borogoves , And the mome raths outgrabe .
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Zeno's , Zarpatus ' , Zoroaster's zeal , All , ail arouse ! all against arms appeal ! Unknown ELLEN MÖJONES ABERDEEN MACPHAIRSON CLONGLOCKETTY ANGUS M'CLAN Was the son of an elderly laboring man . You've guessed him a Scotchman , shrewd ...
Zeno's , Zarpatus ' , Zoroaster's zeal , All , ail arouse ! all against arms appeal ! Unknown ELLEN MÖJONES ABERDEEN MACPHAIRSON CLONGLOCKETTY ANGUS M'CLAN Was the son of an elderly laboring man . You've guessed him a Scotchman , shrewd ...
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“ And no great wonder , ” Death replies : “ However , you still keep your eyes ; And sure , to see one's loves and friends , For legs and arms would make amends . " " Perhaps , " says Dodson , “ so it might , But latterly I've lost my ...
“ And no great wonder , ” Death replies : “ However , you still keep your eyes ; And sure , to see one's loves and friends , For legs and arms would make amends . " " Perhaps , " says Dodson , “ so it might , But latterly I've lost my ...
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Frederick Marryat ( 1792–1848 ] FAITHLESS NELLY GRAY A PATHETIC BALLAD BEN BATTLE was a soldier bold , And used to war's alarms ; But a cannon - ball took off his legs , So he laid down his arms ! Now as they bore him off the field ...
Frederick Marryat ( 1792–1848 ] FAITHLESS NELLY GRAY A PATHETIC BALLAD BEN BATTLE was a soldier bold , And used to war's alarms ; But a cannon - ball took off his legs , So he laid down his arms ! Now as they bore him off the field ...
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Why , then , ” said she , " you've lost the feet Of legs in war's alarms , And now you cannot wear your shoes Upon your feats of arms ! ” “ Oh , false and fickle Nelly Gray , I know why you refuse :Though I've no feet , some other man ...
Why , then , ” said she , " you've lost the feet Of legs in war's alarms , And now you cannot wear your shoes Upon your feats of arms ! ” “ Oh , false and fickle Nelly Gray , I know why you refuse :Though I've no feet , some other man ...
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| Title | The Home Book of Verse, American and English, 1580-1918, Volume 2 The Home Book of Verse, American and English, 1580-1918, Burton Egbert Stevenson |
| Author | Burton Egbert Stevenson |
| Compiled by | Burton Egbert Stevenson |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | H. Holt, 1918 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 16 Aug 2007 |
| Length | 4009 pages |
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