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Page 2007
... wait — we'll do him right ; Send round your bottles , Hal - and set your night . Thomas William Parsons [ 1819-1892 ] SPARKLING AND BRIGHT SPARKLING and bright in liquid light , Does the wine our goblets gleam in ; With hue as red as ...
... wait — we'll do him right ; Send round your bottles , Hal - and set your night . Thomas William Parsons [ 1819-1892 ] SPARKLING AND BRIGHT SPARKLING and bright in liquid light , Does the wine our goblets gleam in ; With hue as red as ...
Page 2009
... wait ; Happy we'll be ! Drink , every one ; Pile up the coals , Fill the red bowls Round the old tree ! Drain we the cup.- Friend , art afraid ? Spirits are laid In the Red Sea . Mantle it up ; Empty it yet ; Let us forget , Round the ...
... wait ; Happy we'll be ! Drink , every one ; Pile up the coals , Fill the red bowls Round the old tree ! Drain we the cup.- Friend , art afraid ? Spirits are laid In the Red Sea . Mantle it up ; Empty it yet ; Let us forget , Round the ...
Page 2037
... wait twel ter - morrer ! De sun mustn't set on yo ' sorrer , Sin's es sharp ez a bamboo - brier- Oh , Lord ! fetch the mo'ners up higher ! W'en de nashuns er de earf is a - stan'in ' all aroun ' , Who's a gwine ter be choosen fer ter w ...
... wait twel ter - morrer ! De sun mustn't set on yo ' sorrer , Sin's es sharp ez a bamboo - brier- Oh , Lord ! fetch the mo'ners up higher ! W'en de nashuns er de earf is a - stan'in ' all aroun ' , Who's a gwine ter be choosen fer ter w ...
Page 2043
... wait , good Lawd , ' twell ter - morrer ! " De gray owl sing fum de cypress tree : " Who - who - is - you - oo ? " En I say : " Good Lawd , ef you look you'll see Hit ain't nobody but des po ' me , En I like ter stay ' twell my time is ...
... wait , good Lawd , ' twell ter - morrer ! " De gray owl sing fum de cypress tree : " Who - who - is - you - oo ? " En I say : " Good Lawd , ef you look you'll see Hit ain't nobody but des po ' me , En I like ter stay ' twell my time is ...
Page 2064
... wait a bit , " the Oysters cried , " Before we have our chat ; For some of us are out of breath , And all of us are fat ! " " No hurry ! " said the Carpenter . They thanked him much for that . " A loaf of bread , " the Walrus said ...
... wait a bit , " the Oysters cried , " Before we have our chat ; For some of us are out of breath , And all of us are fat ! " " No hurry ! " said the Carpenter . They thanked him much for that . " A loaf of bread , " the Walrus said ...
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