Herford, Oliver, 1863-1935 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 66
voice, that sounded far away: Oh, dear! how very nice it is for once to get outside. You ve no idea how flat it is, my dear, until you ve tried, To be shut up in a story-book with Dragons, Queens, and Kings, And always liave to do and say the same old, senseless things; You think it would be very… … ^SS5^-^S5=sis~ ^-■^\A, ^it^/^fl^
Children's poetry, American
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