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OGDEN NASH Tender Heartedness Billy , in one of his nice new sashes , Fell in the fire and was burnt to ashes ; Now , although the room grows chilly , I haven't the heart to poke poor Billy . HARRY GRAHAM Misfortunes never come Singly ...
OGDEN NASH Tender Heartedness Billy , in one of his nice new sashes , Fell in the fire and was burnt to ashes ; Now , although the room grows chilly , I haven't the heart to poke poor Billy . HARRY GRAHAM Misfortunes never come Singly ...
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Several by absent - minded friends were shot , Still more blew out their own exhausted brains , One died of a mysterious inward Three fell off roofs , and five were hit by trains . One was harpooned , one gored by a bull - moose ...
Several by absent - minded friends were shot , Still more blew out their own exhausted brains , One died of a mysterious inward Three fell off roofs , and five were hit by trains . One was harpooned , one gored by a bull - moose ...
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a The rain fell in such torrents as had never been seen before , That it seemed like a second deluge , the mighty torrents ' roar , At nine o'clock at night the storm did rage and moan , , When Carl Springel set out on his crutches all ...
a The rain fell in such torrents as had never been seen before , That it seemed like a second deluge , the mighty torrents ' roar , At nine o'clock at night the storm did rage and moan , , When Carl Springel set out on his crutches all ...
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| Title | A Choice of Comic and Curious Verse |
| Editor | John Michael Cohen |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Allen Lane, 1982 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 1 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0713914718, 9780713914719 |
| Length | 469 pages |
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