A Choice of Comic and Curious VerseJohn Michael Cohen |
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... soon to charity inclined - One giver soon makes twenty if you only get their wind . The first who gave the dollar led the other one about , And at every contribution he a - raised a joyful shout , Exclaimin ' how ' twas noble to ...
... soon to charity inclined - One giver soon makes twenty if you only get their wind . The first who gave the dollar led the other one about , And at every contribution he a - raised a joyful shout , Exclaimin ' how ' twas noble to ...
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... soon 1U2 confess Her XLNC in an XTC . Her hair was soft as silk , not YRE , It gave no Q , nor yet 2P to view : She was not handsome : shall I tell UY ? UR2 know her I was all sq . 18 she was , and prattling like a J ; How little , MLE ...
... soon 1U2 confess Her XLNC in an XTC . Her hair was soft as silk , not YRE , It gave no Q , nor yet 2P to view : She was not handsome : shall I tell UY ? UR2 know her I was all sq . 18 she was , and prattling like a J ; How little , MLE ...
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... soon appeared ; It was Euclid . The same Was ' the subject he feared ' , But he smiled as he sat by the table With a smile that was wary and weird . Yet he did what he could , And the papers he showed Were remarkably good , And his ...
... soon appeared ; It was Euclid . The same Was ' the subject he feared ' , But he smiled as he sat by the table With a smile that was wary and weird . Yet he did what he could , And the papers he showed Were remarkably good , And his ...
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