Herford, Oliver, 1863-1935 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 108
see that cracker—oh, sometimesI gnash my beak, or mutter nurser\ rhymesOr anything! for fear I should let sHpThe wicked words they taught me on the ship.Those naughty sailors, when long, long agoThey brought me from the land where spices growAnd palm-trees wave, and Cuckoos do not ruleAnd tell…
Children's poetry, American
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