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Page 141
The Parterre I don't know any greatest treat As sit him in a gay parterre , And sniff one up the perfume sweet Of every roses buttoning there . It only want my charming miss Who make to blush the self red rose ; Oh ! I have envy of to ...
The Parterre I don't know any greatest treat As sit him in a gay parterre , And sniff one up the perfume sweet Of every roses buttoning there . It only want my charming miss Who make to blush the self red rose ; Oh ! I have envy of to ...
Page 189
Moral Don't let yourself be buttonholed when you have got a date ; Don't travel in a sailing ship ( they're nearly always late ) ; Avoid Old Salts , especially those who have a glittering eye ; Above all don't shoot albatross ( or is it ...
Moral Don't let yourself be buttonholed when you have got a date ; Don't travel in a sailing ship ( they're nearly always late ) ; Avoid Old Salts , especially those who have a glittering eye ; Above all don't shoot albatross ( or is it ...
Page 308
Thanks be to God , ' said Nicholas , ' there is , If you will do exactly what I say And don't start thinking up some other way . In wise old Solomon you'll find the verse “ Who takes advice shall never fare the worse , ” And so if good ...
Thanks be to God , ' said Nicholas , ' there is , If you will do exactly what I say And don't start thinking up some other way . In wise old Solomon you'll find the verse “ Who takes advice shall never fare the worse , ” And so if good ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Everyman Book of Light Verse |
| Editor | Robert Robinson |
| Publisher | Dent, 1984 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 30 Jan 2007 |
| ISBN | 0460045873, 9780460045872 |
| Length | 500 pages |
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