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Your whim is for frolic and fashion , Your taste is for letters and art ; This rhyme is
the commonplace passion That glows in a fond woman ' s heart : Lay it by in
some sacred deposit For relics — we all have a few ! Love , some day they ' ll
print it ...
Your whim is for frolic and fashion , Your taste is for letters and art ; This rhyme is
the commonplace passion That glows in a fond woman ' s heart : Lay it by in
some sacred deposit For relics — we all have a few ! Love , some day they ' ll
print it ...
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M ' sieu Pons is so fat that He ' s laid on the shelf ; Madame had a Cat that Was fat
as herself . Yet Pons was persuaded To part with the prize ; ( Our bargain was
aided , My Lou , by your eyes ! ) Long hair , soft as satin , A musical purr , ' Gainst
...
M ' sieu Pons is so fat that He ' s laid on the shelf ; Madame had a Cat that Was fat
as herself . Yet Pons was persuaded To part with the prize ; ( Our bargain was
aided , My Lou , by your eyes ! ) Long hair , soft as satin , A musical purr , ' Gainst
...
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I ' ve often been out upon Haldon To look for a covey with pup ; I ' ve often been
over to Shaldon , To see how your boat is laid up : “ THE ROMANCE , SINCE IT '
S OVER , In spite of the terrors of Aunty , ' TWERE IDLE , OR WORSE , TO ...
I ' ve often been out upon Haldon To look for a covey with pup ; I ' ve often been
over to Shaldon , To see how your boat is laid up : “ THE ROMANCE , SINCE IT '
S OVER , In spite of the terrors of Aunty , ' TWERE IDLE , OR WORSE , TO ...
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The full Rose waxed in the warm June air , And she spread , and spread , till her
heart lay bare ; And she laughed once more as she heard his tread“ He is older
now . He will soon be dead ! " But the breeze of the morning blew , and found ...
The full Rose waxed in the warm June air , And she spread , and spread , till her
heart lay bare ; And she laughed once more as she heard his tread“ He is older
now . He will soon be dead ! " But the breeze of the morning blew , and found ...
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Uprose the Reverend Dr . Brown , Uprose the Doctor ' s winsome marrow ; The
lady laid her knitting down , Her husband clasped his ponderous Barrow ; His
sermon never said or show ' d That earth is foul , that Heaven is gracious Without
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Uprose the Reverend Dr . Brown , Uprose the Doctor ' s winsome marrow ; The
lady laid her knitting down , Her husband clasped his ponderous Barrow ; His
sermon never said or show ' d That earth is foul , that Heaven is gracious Without
...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Poems |
| Authors | Austin Dobson, Frederick Locker-Lampson, Winthrop Mackworth Praed |
| Illustrated by | Maud Humphrey |
| Publisher | Frederick A. Stokes, 1892 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 19 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 71 pages |
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