The Home Book of Verse, American and English, 1580-1912: With an Appendix Containing a Few Well-known Poems in Other Languages |
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... Pretty joy ! Sweet joy , but two days old . Sweet joy I call thee ; Thou dost smile , I sing the while ; Sweet joy befall thee ! William Blake ( 1757-1827 ] BABY From " At the Back of the North Wind " WHERE did you come from , baby dear ...
... Pretty joy ! Sweet joy , but two days old . Sweet joy I call thee ; Thou dost smile , I sing the while ; Sweet joy befall thee ! William Blake ( 1757-1827 ] BABY From " At the Back of the North Wind " WHERE did you come from , baby dear ...
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... pretty little toes ; Her mother came and caught her , And whipped her little daughter For spoiling her nice new clothes . BARBER , barber , shave a pig , How many hairs will make a wig ? " Four - and - twenty , that's enough . " Give ...
... pretty little toes ; Her mother came and caught her , And whipped her little daughter For spoiling her nice new clothes . BARBER , barber , shave a pig , How many hairs will make a wig ? " Four - and - twenty , that's enough . " Give ...
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... " I LOVE Sixpence , pretty little sixpence , I love sixpence , better than my life ; I spent a penny of it , I gave a penny of it , And I took fourpence home to my wife . " When I Was a Bachelor " Oh , my 40 Poems of Youth and Age.
... " I LOVE Sixpence , pretty little sixpence , I love sixpence , better than my life ; I spent a penny of it , I gave a penny of it , And I took fourpence home to my wife . " When I Was a Bachelor " Oh , my 40 Poems of Youth and Age.
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... pretty little fourpence , I love fourpence better than my life ; I spent a penny of it , I gave a penny of it , And I took twopence home to my wife . Oh , my little twopence , pretty little twopence , I love twopence better than my life ...
... pretty little fourpence , I love fourpence better than my life ; I spent a penny of it , I gave a penny of it , And I took twopence home to my wife . Oh , my little twopence , pretty little twopence , I love twopence better than my life ...
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... pretty cow , that made Pleasant milk to soak my bread , Every day , and every night , Warm , and fresh , and sweet , and white . Do not chew the hemlock rank , Growing on the weedy bank ; But the yellow cowslip eat , That will make it ...
... pretty cow , that made Pleasant milk to soak my bread , Every day , and every night , Warm , and fresh , and sweet , and white . Do not chew the hemlock rank , Growing on the weedy bank ; But the yellow cowslip eat , That will make it ...
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The Home Book of Verse, American and English: With an Appendix ..., Volume 1 Burton Egbert Stevenson No preview available - 1959 |
The Home Book of Verse, American and English: With an Appendix ..., Volume 1 Burton Egbert Stevenson No preview available - 1953 |
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