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| 2651. | Rev. Abner Peet by Edgar Lee Masters | | I had no objection at all
To selling my household effects at auction
On the village square.
It gave my beloved flock the chance
To get something w... |
| 2652. | Jacob Goodpasture by Edgar Lee Masters | | When Fort Sumter fell and the war came
I cried out in bitterness of soul:
"O glorious republic now no more!"
When they buried my soldier son
To th... |
| 2653. | Perry Zoll by Edgar Lee Masters | | My thanks, friends of the County Scientific Association,
For this modest boulder,
And its little tablet of bronze.
Twice I tried to join your honor... |
| 2654. | The Owl And The Pussy-Cat by Edward Lear | | I
The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea
In a beautiful pea green boat,
They took some honey, and plenty of money,
Wrapped up in a five pound note.... |
| 2655. | There Was An Old Person Of Nice by Edward Lear | | There was an old person of Nice,
Whose associates were usually Geese.
They walked out together, in all sorts of weather.
That affable person of ... |
| 2656. | How pleasant to know Mr. Lear by Edward Lear | | How pleasant to know Mr. Lear,
Who has written such volumes of stuff.
Some think him ill-tempered and queer,
But a few find him pleasant enough.... |
| 2657. | The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo by Edward Lear | | I
On the Coast of Coromandel
Where the early pumpkins blow,
In the middle of the woods
Lived the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bт.
Two old chairs, and half a... |
| 2658. | The Pobble Who Has No Toes by Edward Lear | | The Pobble who has no toes
Had once as many as we;
When they said "Some day you may lose them all;"
He replied "Fish, fiddle-de-dee!"
And his Aunt... |
| 2659. | There was an old man of Thermopylж by Edward Lear | | There was an old man of Thermopylж,
Who never did anything properly;
But they said, "If you choose, To boil eggs in your shoes,
You shall never... |
| 2660. | Petals by Amy Lowell | | Life is a stream
On which we strew
Petal by petal the flower of our heart;
The end lost in dream,
They float past our view,
We only watch their g... |
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