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The Waltz Behold with downcast eyes and modest glance , In measured step , a well - dressed pair advance , One hand on hers , the other on her hip , For thus the law's ordained by Baron Trip . ' Twas in such posture our first parents ...
The Waltz Behold with downcast eyes and modest glance , In measured step , a well - dressed pair advance , One hand on hers , the other on her hip , For thus the law's ordained by Baron Trip . ' Twas in such posture our first parents ...
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ANON Contentment ' Man wants but little here below ' Little I ask ; my wants are few ; I only wish a hut of stone , ( A very plain brown stone will do , ) That I may call my own ; And close at hand is such a one , In yonder street that ...
ANON Contentment ' Man wants but little here below ' Little I ask ; my wants are few ; I only wish a hut of stone , ( A very plain brown stone will do , ) That I may call my own ; And close at hand is such a one , In yonder street that ...
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A Suggestion ( Addressed to the lady or gentleman who had abstracted two pictures from the Royal Academy ) My friend , why did you hold your hand , Why falter , why desist , When there are treasures in the land That never would be ...
A Suggestion ( Addressed to the lady or gentleman who had abstracted two pictures from the Royal Academy ) My friend , why did you hold your hand , Why falter , why desist , When there are treasures in the land That never would be ...
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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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