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WITH A CHILD-BOOK
TO MASTER PRESTON FROM HIS LONG INVISIBLE PLAYMATE
There is LORE of more devices,And ROMANCE that more entices
Higher minds and higher prices;—
But, for “Giggle-boy” or “Cry-sis”
(With some sniffless interstices)
Here's a little tale suffices—
Sweet as oranges in slices
Slobbed in slues o' cream and ices,
Tanged with tingling, spangling spices.—
Ho! there's no tale half so nice as
This Old Tailor and his Mice is!
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