Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 566
TO ARRIVE. So old Daddy-long-legs then gave them a treat,By dancing the sailors hornpipe with eight feet IAnd a centipede said he d do better than that, 1908.] THE HAPPYCHAPS 443 And he danced with his hundred feet going pit-pat! Then spry Hiram Hoppergrass,brilliant in green, Led out blushing… … Then General Happychap, smiling of *•face,Said, The pro- ; gram is over ; and next will take placeThe Grand March— which I shall be happy to leadWith Dame Hepsy I. Cottontail, A.fIV —if she s agreed.The Happychaps then, with manner polite, While Lady Gay Happy-chap, coy as QueenMab,Danced briskly…
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