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Page 93
When uncovered , a buzz of enquiry runs round : ' Pray what are their crimes ? ' — ' They've been pilfering found . ' ' But , pray , whom have they pilfered ? ' — “ A Doctor , I hear . ' ' What , yon solemn - faced , odd - looking man ...
When uncovered , a buzz of enquiry runs round : ' Pray what are their crimes ? ' — ' They've been pilfering found . ' ' But , pray , whom have they pilfered ? ' — “ A Doctor , I hear . ' ' What , yon solemn - faced , odd - looking man ...
Page 109
In the shade it sings and springs ; in the shine such foam - bows flash On the horses with curling fish - tails , that prance and paddle and pash Round the lady atop in her conch — fifty gazers do not abash , Though all that she wears ...
In the shade it sings and springs ; in the shine such foam - bows flash On the horses with curling fish - tails , that prance and paddle and pash Round the lady atop in her conch — fifty gazers do not abash , Though all that she wears ...
Page 419
From his seat then started he , And turned him round three times three . The moon at that sight blushed scarlet red , The stars threw down their cups and fled , And all the devils that were in hell Answered with a ninefold yell .
From his seat then started he , And turned him round three times three . The moon at that sight blushed scarlet red , The stars threw down their cups and fled , And all the devils that were in hell Answered with a ninefold yell .
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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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