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Poetry for Children

By Charles and Mary Lamb: To which are added Prince Dorus and some uncollected poems by Charles Lamb: Edited, prefaced and annotated by Richard Herne Shepherd

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This beast, this Ape, it had a face—
If face it might be styled—
Sometimes it was a staring Ape,
Sometimes a beauteous child—