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... t had more nor seven . " POSTSCRIPT . To borrow WORDSWORTH'S name was wrong , Or slightly misapplied ; And so I'd better call my song , " Lines after ACHE - INSIDE . " мил SEE - SAW . ICKNESS and Health have been 48 CAROLS OF COCKAYNE .
... t had more nor seven . " POSTSCRIPT . To borrow WORDSWORTH'S name was wrong , Or slightly misapplied ; And so I'd better call my song , " Lines after ACHE - INSIDE . " мил SEE - SAW . ICKNESS and Health have been 48 CAROLS OF COCKAYNE .
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... better wife ; ) Fool that I am , 1 was faithful and stuck to her ; She'll cling to me for the rest of my life . As for our children , we'd better have drown'd them. 49 SEE-SAW,
... better wife ; ) Fool that I am , 1 was faithful and stuck to her ; She'll cling to me for the rest of my life . As for our children , we'd better have drown'd them. 49 SEE-SAW,
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Henry Sambrooke Leigh. As for our children , we'd better have drown'd them all ; They , I believe , are the worst of our ills . Is it a wonder I often confound them all , Seeing that most of them chance to be Bills ? Hope , who was once ...
Henry Sambrooke Leigh. As for our children , we'd better have drown'd them all ; They , I believe , are the worst of our ills . Is it a wonder I often confound them all , Seeing that most of them chance to be Bills ? Hope , who was once ...
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... better . No other girl ( in all the set That looks on Elsie as a pet ) But knows at least the alphabet , And Elsie - not a letter . Well , reader , I had best be dumb About the future that may come To this forlorn she - urchin . Her ...
... better . No other girl ( in all the set That looks on Elsie as a pet ) But knows at least the alphabet , And Elsie - not a letter . Well , reader , I had best be dumb About the future that may come To this forlorn she - urchin . Her ...
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... a monster , my dear , In that old - fashion'd guy of a dress . You had better at once hurry home , dear , to bed ; It is getting so dreadfully late . You may catch the bronchitis or cold in the head 60 CAROLS OF COCKAYNE . MAUD,
... a monster , my dear , In that old - fashion'd guy of a dress . You had better at once hurry home , dear , to bed ; It is getting so dreadfully late . You may catch the bronchitis or cold in the head 60 CAROLS OF COCKAYNE . MAUD,
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