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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 495

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arge families of related rhymes, such as boy,toy, joy, and annoy, bad, dad, mad, and sad. Why, words like those arealmost a poem in themselves! We hardlyany lines at all. Then there are boat and float and warbling note, and love and dove and skies above, all just full of inspi-ration and… … MILDRED CURRAN She ate a golden orange,All seated in the window ; T was served her in a porringe,Or by one who came from Hind,oh. Oh, merry was that golden monthThe moon was made of silver. Says she, I pray you go at wunth,Thith methage to delilver. Now what kind of poetryis that, anyway? Better…

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