St Nicholas [serial] . ^Peaceful A Complicated Ballad ^c-1 T. Lester As Oscar Alexander Dubbs was strolling by the sea(The youth was after pebbles, and the time was after tea),The while the beach he idly eyed, he happened to descryA Peaceful Pirate pensively consuming custard-pie. Avast! remarked the Pirate (as pirates mostly do),So the youthful Dubbs avasted, and promptly hove to, too. Now, prithee, pious person, spin me a yarn, quoth he,Then thus the Peaceful Pirate-man discoursed to Oscar D.: One time when I was pirating (and likewise reading law)We came across the queerest-looking craft I

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St Nicholas [serial] . ^Peaceful A Complicated Ballad ^c-1 T. Lester As Oscar Alexander Dubbs was strolling by the sea(The youth was after pebbles, and the time was after tea),The while the beach he idly eyed, he happened to descryA Peaceful Pirate pensively consuming custard-pie. Avast! remarked the Pirate (as pirates mostly do),So the youthful Dubbs avasted, and promptly hove to, too. Now, prithee, pious person, spin me a yarn, quoth he,Then thus the Peaceful Pirate-man discoursed to Oscar D.: One time when I was pirating (and likewise reading law)We came across the queerest-looking craft I ever saw;Her sails were round, her mast was square (she did nt have but one),And she did her sailing sideways (which is very seldom done!) ;

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