Hawkeye . She conjugated Attic verbs with ease. In parsing Greek, was always known to please When she told about a million Of the rules from old Quintillian,She brought her Latin teacher to his knees. The tongues of Eastern lands she learned to speak;Her accents simply charmed a Persian sheik. When she gave a hard declension That a nabob chanced to mention,He paid he marked attention for a week. Yet when she came to English class one day. And the frightened Prof, enquired with much dismay Bout a simple rule in grammar, Why, thib maid could only stammerThat her education wasnt built that way. —
Hawkeye . She conjugated Attic verbs with ease. In parsing Greek, was always known to please When she told about a million Of the rules from old Quintillian,She brought her Latin teacher to his knees. The tongues of Eastern lands she learned to speak;Her accents simply charmed a Persian sheik. When she gave a hard declension That a nabob chanced to mention,He paid he marked attention for a week. Yet when she came to English class one day. And the frightened Prof, enquired with much dismay Bout a simple rule in grammar, Why, thib maid could only stammerThat her education wasnt built that way. —Ivy Lane. Evolution of DorotKy A bundle of softness and sweetness and love, Wise, shadowy eyes like the sky above— Thats A ball of sunshine, of frolic and play, And what not?A tumble of curls and red lips that say Im Dot: Innocent eyes and questioning looks, A liking to delveFor the stories and wonders and glories in books — DoHv at twelve.
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