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Page 315
For Heaven's love ! ' The carpenter , startled from sleep above , And hearing shouts for water and a thud , Thought , ' Heaven help us ! Here comes Nowel's Flood ! ' And up he sat and with no more ado He took his axe and smote the ropes ...
For Heaven's love ! ' The carpenter , startled from sleep above , And hearing shouts for water and a thud , Thought , ' Heaven help us ! Here comes Nowel's Flood ! ' And up he sat and with no more ado He took his axe and smote the ropes ...
Page 434
What chickens are these between sea and heaven ! ) ' ' But why does your figure appear so lean , Sister Helen ? And why do you dress in sage , sage green ? ' ' Children should never be heard , if seen , Little brother !
What chickens are these between sea and heaven ! ) ' ' But why does your figure appear so lean , Sister Helen ? And why do you dress in sage , sage green ? ' ' Children should never be heard , if seen , Little brother !
Page 435
Thy brood flies lower as lowers the heaven . ) ' ( A big brother speaketh :) “ The refrain you've studied a meaning had , Sister Helen ! It gave strange force to a weird ballad . But refrains have become a ridiculous " fad ” , Little ...
Thy brood flies lower as lowers the heaven . ) ' ( A big brother speaketh :) “ The refrain you've studied a meaning had , Sister Helen ! It gave strange force to a weird ballad . But refrains have become a ridiculous " fad ” , Little ...
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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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