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Page 87
And think of how you live . You should have blooming gardens , houses grand , If your reward is great as you have said . I understand you live in three small rooms . ' ' And that is two too many , I'm afraid . ' " You do not travel .
And think of how you live . You should have blooming gardens , houses grand , If your reward is great as you have said . I understand you live in three small rooms . ' ' And that is two too many , I'm afraid . ' " You do not travel .
Page 349
Liquor and Longevity The horse and mule live thirty years And nothing know of wines and beers . The goat and sheep at twenty die And never taste of Scotch or Rye . The cow drinks water by the ton And at eighteen is mostly done .
Liquor and Longevity The horse and mule live thirty years And nothing know of wines and beers . The goat and sheep at twenty die And never taste of Scotch or Rye . The cow drinks water by the ton And at eighteen is mostly done .
Page 496
... people say 343 The gentlemen got up betimes to shoot 344 The golf links lie so near the mill 346 The Hen is a ferocious fowl 347 The homeliest folks of either sex 347 The horrid men who live on beer 348 The horse and mule live ...
... people say 343 The gentlemen got up betimes to shoot 344 The golf links lie so near the mill 346 The Hen is a ferocious fowl 347 The homeliest folks of either sex 347 The horrid men who live on beer 348 The horse and mule live ...
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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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