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Artful anticks (1894)

Herford, Oliver, 1863-1935 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 41

An illustration from Artful anticks, 1894, leaf 41 — ^ ROFESSOR PIKESTAFFE, Ph. D., While wandering over land and sea,Once on the plains of TinibuciooMet a giraffe. Why, how d ye do ! Exclaimed the amiable Pikestaffe. I m really charmed, my dear Giraffe! I ve thought so much of you of late, Our meeting seems a stroke of Fate Particularly fortunate. I… … My dear Pikestaffe,I shall be charmed, said tlie Giraffe, To hear v.hatever you may say.You are loo hind; go on, I pray. Well, then, said Pikestaffe, to resume,You are aware, sir, I presume,That though with your long neck at easeYou crop the leaves upon the trees,Your legs are quite too long, and…

Children's poetry, American

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