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The book of joyous children . ram, dago ! ^[74] THE TWINS Then we mount, with shrieks of mirth-Igo and Ago,— The two gladdest twins on earth !Iram, coram, dago. Wade and Silas-Walker cry,—^^Igo and Ago—Annie s kissin em ^good-bye !—Iram, coram, dago. Aunty waves us fond farewells.— Igo and Ago,Granny pipes, tak care yersels !Iram, coram, dago. [ 75 ] THE LITTLE LADY O The Little Lady s dainty As tlie picture in a book^And tier hands are creamy-whiter Than the water-lilies look ;Her laugh s the undrownd music Of the maddest meadow-brook. —Yet all in vain I praise The Little Lady ! Her eyes are
The book of joyous children . ram, dago ! ^[74] THE TWINS Then we mount, with shrieks of mirth-Igo and Ago,— The two gladdest twins on earth !Iram, coram, dago. Wade and Silas-Walker cry,—^^Igo and Ago—Annie s kissin em ^good-bye !—Iram, coram, dago. Aunty waves us fond farewells.— Igo and Ago,Granny pipes, tak care yersels !Iram, coram, dago. [ 75 ] THE LITTLE LADY O The Little Lady s dainty As tlie picture in a book^And tier hands are creamy-whiter Than the water-lilies look ;Her laugh s the undrownd music Of the maddest meadow-brook. —Yet all in vain I praise The Little Lady ! Her eyes are blue and dewy As the glimmering Summer-dawn,— Her face is like the eglantineBefore the dew is gone ; And were that honied mouth of hersA bees to feast upon, He d be a bee bewildered, Little Lady ! Her brow makes light look sallow ; And the sunshine, I declare,Is but a yellow jealousy Awakened by her hair—For O the dazzling glint of it Nor sight nor soul can bear,—So Love goes groping for The Little Lady.[76]. SHE S BUT A RACING SCHOOL-GIRL. THE LITTLE LADY And yet slie ^s neither Nymph nor Fay, Nor yet of Angelkind :—She s but a racing school-girl, with Her hair blown out behindAnd tremblingly unbraided by The fingers of the Wind,As it wildly swoops upon The Little Lady. [79] COMPANY MANNERS When Bess gave her Dollies a Tea, said she,Its unpolite, when they ^s Company,To say you Ve drinked two cups, you see,—But say you ve drinked a couple of tea.
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