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 The fatal knife descends, descends! Her shrieks no mercy win!When lo, a shout!—the door gives way! In rushes Benjamin! … I NOW RETURN, A TRILLIONAIRE. Full many a year, a pirate bold,1>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…
Children's plays · Amusements
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