Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 97
A GO-AS-YOU-PLEASE RACE. The SmgingShellandthe Clock. … ear the nursery clock a sea-shell lay,Singing- away day after day ; The little clock stood stiff and straight,And it talked away at a terrible rate . They say that the sea-shell talks said he,But a poor sort of song its song must be, For although it lies so very nearNot a murmur nor sound I hear.…
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