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... face and limb , I grew so like my brother That folks got taking me for him And each for one another . It puzzled all our kith and kin , It reach'd an awful pitch ; For one of us was born a twin And not a soul knew which . One day ( to ...
... face and limb , I grew so like my brother That folks got taking me for him And each for one another . It puzzled all our kith and kin , It reach'd an awful pitch ; For one of us was born a twin And not a soul knew which . One day ( to ...
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... face ! " — The form turn'd quickly round ; Then totter'd from its resting - place- That night the corse was found . The king , with hosts of fighting men , Rode 32 CAROLS OF COCKAYNE . CHIVALRY FOR THE CRADLE- THE ROMAUNT OF HUMPTY-DUMPTY,
... face ! " — The form turn'd quickly round ; Then totter'd from its resting - place- That night the corse was found . The king , with hosts of fighting men , Rode 32 CAROLS OF COCKAYNE . CHIVALRY FOR THE CRADLE- THE ROMAUNT OF HUMPTY-DUMPTY,
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... face . " " Thrice welcome , Destiny ! " I cried ; " The moral that you teach : ' Tis thus Man travels far and wide For things within his reach ! ' PAG ALLEY A VERY COMMON CHILD . EFLECTIVE reader , 54 CAROLS OF COCKAYNE .
... face . " " Thrice welcome , Destiny ! " I cried ; " The moral that you teach : ' Tis thus Man travels far and wide For things within his reach ! ' PAG ALLEY A VERY COMMON CHILD . EFLECTIVE reader , 54 CAROLS OF COCKAYNE .
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... face , And pretty ways that give a grace To all she does or utters , Did Fortune at her birth bestow , When little Elsie's lot below- About a dozen years ago- Got cast among the gutters . The Fates , you see , have will'd it so. 55 A ...
... face , And pretty ways that give a grace To all she does or utters , Did Fortune at her birth bestow , When little Elsie's lot below- About a dozen years ago- Got cast among the gutters . The Fates , you see , have will'd it so. 55 A ...
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... face- ( That observation is the late Lord Byron's ) And Chillon seems a damp unpleasant place- ( Where Bonnivard , poor soul , got clapt in irons . ) Beside me Vevey lies , romantic town , ( I wish the weather were not quite so damp ...
... face- ( That observation is the late Lord Byron's ) And Chillon seems a damp unpleasant place- ( Where Bonnivard , poor soul , got clapt in irons . ) Beside me Vevey lies , romantic town , ( I wish the weather were not quite so damp ...
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