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Here's to the charmer whose dimples we prize , Now to the maid who has none , sir ; Here's to the girl with a pair of blue eyes , And here's to the nymph with but one , sir . Here's to the maid with a bosom of snow , And to her that's ...
Here's to the charmer whose dimples we prize , Now to the maid who has none , sir ; Here's to the girl with a pair of blue eyes , And here's to the nymph with but one , sir . Here's to the maid with a bosom of snow , And to her that's ...
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GLINTS O ' SUNSHINE SONG From “ Love's Labor's Lost " I - SPRING When daisies pied , and violets blue , And lady - smocks all silver - white , And cuckoo - buds of yellow hue , Do paint the meadows with delight , The cuckoo then ...
GLINTS O ' SUNSHINE SONG From “ Love's Labor's Lost " I - SPRING When daisies pied , and violets blue , And lady - smocks all silver - white , And cuckoo - buds of yellow hue , Do paint the meadows with delight , The cuckoo then ...
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The governor was in a sleep which muddled all his brains ; The seventy men had got his gang and put them all in chains ; And when he woke the following day he could not see the shore , For he was out on the blue water - the Don San ...
The governor was in a sleep which muddled all his brains ; The seventy men had got his gang and put them all in chains ; And when he woke the following day he could not see the shore , For he was out on the blue water - the Don San ...
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Far and few , far and few , Are the lands where the Jumblies live : Their heads are green , and their hands are blue ; And they went to sea in a sieve . Edward Lear ( 1812–1888 ) THE OWL AND THE PUSSY - CAT The Owl and the Pussy - cat ...
Far and few , far and few , Are the lands where the Jumblies live : Their heads are green , and their hands are blue ; And they went to sea in a sieve . Edward Lear ( 1812–1888 ) THE OWL AND THE PUSSY - CAT The Owl and the Pussy - cat ...
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the Oysters cried , Turning a little blue . " After such kindness , that would be A dismal thing to do ! ” “ The night is fine , " the Walrus said . “ Do you admire the view ? “ It was so kind of you to come ! And you are very nice !
the Oysters cried , Turning a little blue . " After such kindness , that would be A dismal thing to do ! ” “ The night is fine , " the Walrus said . “ Do you admire the view ? “ It was so kind of you to come ! And you are very nice !
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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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