The Home Book of Verse: American and English, 1580-1918, Volume 2H. Holt, 1918 - 4009 pages |
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Page 2060
... 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 . Lewis Carroll ...
... 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 . Lewis Carroll ...
Page 2073
... arms appeal ! ELLEN M'JONES ABERDEEN Unknown MACPHAIRSON CLONGLOCKETTY ANGUS M'CLAN Was the son of an elderly laboring man . You've guessed him a Scotchman , shrewd reader , at sight , And p'r'aps altogether , shrewd reader , you're ...
... arms appeal ! ELLEN M'JONES ABERDEEN Unknown MACPHAIRSON CLONGLOCKETTY ANGUS M'CLAN Was the son of an elderly laboring man . You've guessed him a Scotchman , shrewd reader , at sight , And p'r'aps altogether , shrewd reader , you're ...
Page 2105
... arms would make amends . " " Perhaps , " says Dodson , " so it might , But latterly I've lost my sight . " " This is a shocking tale , ' tis true , But still there's comfort left for you : Each strives your sadness to amuse ; I warrant ...
... arms would make amends . " " Perhaps , " says Dodson , " so it might , But latterly I've lost my sight . " " This is a shocking tale , ' tis true , But still there's comfort left for you : Each strives your sadness to amuse ; I warrant ...
Page 2126
... arms ! Now as they bore him off the field , Said he , " Let others shoot , For here I leave my second leg , And the Forty - second Foot ! ” The army - surgeons made him limbs : Said he , " They're only pegs ; But there's as wooden ...
... arms ! Now as they bore him off the field , Said he , " Let others shoot , For here I leave my second leg , And the Forty - second Foot ! ” The army - surgeons made him limbs : Said he , " They're only pegs ; But there's as wooden ...
Page 2127
... arms ! " " Oh , false and fickle Nelly Gray , I know why you refuse : --- Though I've no feet , some other man Is standing in my shoes ! " I wish I ne'er had seen your face ; But now a long farewell ! For you will be my death : -alas ...
... arms ! " " Oh , false and fickle Nelly Gray , I know why you refuse : --- Though I've no feet , some other man Is standing in my shoes ! " I wish I ne'er had seen your face ; But now a long farewell ! For you will be my death : -alas ...
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