Poetry for School and Home, from the best authors. Edited by T. Shorter1861 |
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... Pipe a song about a lamb , " So I piped with merry cheer ; " Piper , pipe that song again , " 66 So I piped ; he wept to hear . ' Drop thy pipe , thy happy pipe , Sing thy songs of happy cheer , " So I sung the same again , While he ...
... Pipe a song about a lamb , " So I piped with merry cheer ; " Piper , pipe that song again , " 66 So I piped ; he wept to hear . ' Drop thy pipe , thy happy pipe , Sing thy songs of happy cheer , " So I sung the same again , While he ...
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... pipe , flew to the gate And thus accosted him : " What news ? what news ? your tidings tell ; Tell me you must and shall ; Say why bare - headed you are come , Or why you come at all ? " 55 56 JOHN GILPIN , Now Gilpin had a pleasant wit.
... pipe , flew to the gate And thus accosted him : " What news ? what news ? your tidings tell ; Tell me you must and shall ; Say why bare - headed you are come , Or why you come at all ? " 55 56 JOHN GILPIN , Now Gilpin had a pleasant wit.
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... pipe in his mouth , And watched how the veering flaw did blow The smoke now West , now South . Then up and spake an old sailor , Had sailed the Spanish main , " I pray thee put into yonder port , For I fear a hurricane . " Last night ...
... pipe in his mouth , And watched how the veering flaw did blow The smoke now West , now South . Then up and spake an old sailor , Had sailed the Spanish main , " I pray thee put into yonder port , For I fear a hurricane . " Last night ...
Page 146
... pipe ; And his fingers , they noticed , were ever straying As if impatient to be playing Upon his pipe as low it dangled Over his vesture so old - fangled . ) 66 " Yet , " said he , " poor piper as I am , In Tartary I freed the Cham ...
... pipe ; And his fingers , they noticed , were ever straying As if impatient to be playing Upon his pipe as low it dangled Over his vesture so old - fangled . ) 66 " Yet , " said he , " poor piper as I am , In Tartary I freed the Cham ...
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... pipe the while ; Then , like a musical adept , To blow the pipe his lips he wrinkled , And green and blue his sharp eyes twinkled Like a candle flame where salt is sprinkled ; And ere three shrill notes the pipe uttered , You heard as ...
... pipe the while ; Then , like a musical adept , To blow the pipe his lips he wrinkled , And green and blue his sharp eyes twinkled Like a candle flame where salt is sprinkled ; And ere three shrill notes the pipe uttered , You heard as ...
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