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Page 607
... cried the Mayor , " and get long poles ! Poke out the nests and block up the holes ! Consult with carpenters and builders , And leave in our town not even a trace Of the rats ! " - when suddenly , up the face Of the piper perked in the ...
... cried the Mayor , " and get long poles ! Poke out the nests and block up the holes ! Consult with carpenters and builders , And leave in our town not even a trace Of the rats ! " - when suddenly , up the face Of the piper perked in the ...
Page 621
... cried Ben , frightened out of his life , " Don't think I would go for to murder a wife 621 I must long have bewailed ! " But she only cried , " Stuff ! " Don't name it , you brute , you've be - whaled me enough ! " " Lord , Polly ...
... cried Ben , frightened out of his life , " Don't think I would go for to murder a wife 621 I must long have bewailed ! " But she only cried , " Stuff ! " Don't name it , you brute , you've be - whaled me enough ! " " Lord , Polly ...
Page 808
... cries John ; " This fellow is some mighty Don : No doubt he's plenty for the maw , I'll breakfast with this Nongtongpaw . " John saw Versailles from Marli's height , And cried , astonish'd at the sight , " Whose fine estate is that ...
... cries John ; " This fellow is some mighty Don : No doubt he's plenty for the maw , I'll breakfast with this Nongtongpaw . " John saw Versailles from Marli's height , And cried , astonish'd at the sight , " Whose fine estate is that ...
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Ahkond of Swat ain't Akhoond BALLAD beautiful bird black crow blow blue Bouillabaisse Brown Charles Stuart Calverley cried cursed dead dear Edward Lear eyes face fair father Frederick Locker-Lampson Gelett Burgess girl give grew hair hand head heard heart James Kenneth Stephen John kiss knew lady laugh live look Lord maid maiden married Mary merry moon morning mother ne'er never night nose o'er Oliver Herford play poor pray pretty purple quoth rhyme rose round Sam Walter Foss sigh sing smile song soul sure Swat sweet tail tears tell thee There's thing Thomas Hood thou thought took town turned twas Unknown W. M. Thackeray W. S. Gilbert walk wife wind wine wonder Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo young