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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 447

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A QUEER old person used to sav—And no one dared dispute him — He d keep the time the proper way ;He d have his clock to suit him. Whenever he grew drowsy, then,Though daylight still shone bravely, He d turn the hands around to tenAnd don his night-cap gravely. And when he saw the morning sunPeep… … THIf WISE OLD MAN. T is said, moreover, when he found His age increasing yearly,He d turn the time-piece squarely round And cease to wind it, merely. T is rumored, therefore, that, although This very queer old partyYVas born a hundred years ago, He s still quite hale and hearty ! THE KNOWING LITTLE…

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