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As I was Walking Backwards As I was walking backwards , And never looked behind , I trod upon a lady Who'd gone out of her mind . She did not show the least surprise , She did not howl or hoot , She only softly and silently Began ...
As I was Walking Backwards As I was walking backwards , And never looked behind , I trod upon a lady Who'd gone out of her mind . She did not show the least surprise , She did not howl or hoot , She only softly and silently Began ...
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A Window Cleaner He's gone and we are left to see Through a glass darkly - not so he . By Henry's death we lose , he gains . He's gone where there are no more pains . GEORGE ROSTREVOR HAMILTON Peace A study He stood , a worn - out city ...
A Window Cleaner He's gone and we are left to see Through a glass darkly - not so he . By Henry's death we lose , he gains . He's gone where there are no more pains . GEORGE ROSTREVOR HAMILTON Peace A study He stood , a worn - out city ...
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... broken out the gable , The garden one that's just above the stable , So that we may cast free without delay After the mighty shower has gone away , You'll float as merrily , I undertake , As any lily - white duck behind her drake .
... broken out the gable , The garden one that's just above the stable , So that we may cast free without delay After the mighty shower has gone away , You'll float as merrily , I undertake , As any lily - white duck behind her drake .
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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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