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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 56

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A CENTAUR TOOK HIM RIDING ROUND THE TRACK. There was that striking quadruped,the lively Unicorn,With body white and head ofcrimson dye; T would give a sud-den run and takea header on itshorn,Then calmly riseand wink itsazure eye.And, oh, to watch itspaces when itraced aroundthering!And, oh, to hear… … HE LOOKED THE FIERCE CHIM/ERA EXACTLY IN THE EYE. 38 THE BOLD LITTLE SPARTAN BOY There was the Salamander spry, which in thefire did bask,And when it tired of play licked up the flame;There was the Sphinx, which stopped you,strange riddles for to ask,And ate you if you could nt guess the same;And…

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