The Home Book of Verse: American and English, 1580-1918, Volume 2H. Holt, 1918 - 4009 pages |
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Page 1974
... thought so shy , My eye ! For why ? Ne'er thought of a simper or sigh- But , " Lucius , " says she , " Since you've now made so free , You may marry your Molly Malone , Ohone ! You may marry your Molly Malone . " There's a moral ...
... thought so shy , My eye ! For why ? Ne'er thought of a simper or sigh- But , " Lucius , " says she , " Since you've now made so free , You may marry your Molly Malone , Ohone ! You may marry your Molly Malone . " There's a moral ...
Page 2060
... thought . And as in uffish thought he stood , The Jabberwock , with eyes of flame , Came whiffling through the tulgey wood , And burbled as it came ! One , two ! One , two ! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker - snack ...
... thought . And as in uffish thought he stood , The Jabberwock , with eyes of flame , Came whiffling through the tulgey wood , And burbled as it came ! One , two ! One , two ! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker - snack ...
Page 2061
... thought he saw a Rattlesnake That questioned him in Greek : He looked again , and found it was The Middle of Next Week . " The one thing I regret , " he said , " Is that it cannot speak ! " He thought he saw a Banker's Clerk Descending ...
... thought he saw a Rattlesnake That questioned him in Greek : He looked again , and found it was The Middle of Next Week . " The one thing I regret , " he said , " Is that it cannot speak ! " He thought he saw a Banker's Clerk Descending ...
Page 2062
... thought the sun Had got no business to be there After the day was done --- " It's very rude of him , " she said , " To come and spoil the fun ! " The sea was wet as wet could be , The sands were dry as dry . You could not see a cloud ...
... thought the sun Had got no business to be there After the day was done --- " It's very rude of him , " she said , " To come and spoil the fun ! " The sea was wet as wet could be , The sands were dry as dry . You could not see a cloud ...
Page 2071
... thoughts are less Alike than they should be ; A state of things , as you'll confess , You very seldom see . And yet the mos est thought I love Is what no one believes- That I'm the sole survivor of The famous Forty Thieves ! Charles ...
... thoughts are less Alike than they should be ; A state of things , as you'll confess , You very seldom see . And yet the mos est thought I love Is what no one believes- That I'm the sole survivor of The famous Forty Thieves ! Charles ...
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