Lines in Pleasant Places Rhythmics of many moods and quantities. Wise and otherwise |
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[Little troubles are by these defined]
Little troubles are by these defined:A creaking hinge upon a window blind;
A door slam-banging in the evening wind;
A snappish cur assailing you behind;
A thing forgotten you can't call to mind;
A talky woman scandally inclined;
A skein of cotton given you to wind;
A favorite dish remembered when you've dined;
A vine of ivy 'mid your grapes entwined;
A note to meet, you for a friend have signed;
A fork at dinner time, but singly tined;
A horse you've purchased, anything but kind;
A taste of lamp-oil with your tea combined;
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A hidden thought some woman has divined;
A person deaf and doggedly opined;
A hope of cheese and only get the rind;
A hideous thing where beauty late was shrined.
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