Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 448
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… … Ahem ! now we are ready ! said a knowingcity chap,As he flung his hook, wellstrike ker-flap ! This cloudy day is justis sure to bite.I 11 have a jolly basket-ful to show thefolks,by night. /* /I ,%>:: And Ha! ha! ha! together laughed the happy lit-tle fish,baited, and heard it Now we are just as…
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