HER SHRIEKS NO MERCY WIN ! Methinks I hear the area-bell; Oh, father, quickly speed ! T is but a pesky book-agent; Thou hast no time to read ! THE BALLAD OF MARY JANE 13 The fatal knife descends, descends ! Her shrieks no mercy win!When h), a shout! —the door gives way! In rushes Benjamin! … I NOW RETURN, A TRILLIOXAIRE. Full many a year, a pirate bold,I ve sailed the Spanish Main; I now return, a trillionaire.To claim thee, Mary Jane ! Out spake her happy sire then: Can I my eyes believe ? Upon your knees, my children dear,My blessing to receive ! Alas for luckless Mortimer,Of love…
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