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Seven O'clock.

illustration [Description: Image of the poem, decorated with the following ornaments: ornate border around the poem's title; ornate bottom border with plant material, acorns, and several pots and kettles; the words "Clear. pleasant." printed on the right side of the page. ]

Seven O'clock

Around about,
Around about,
The Kobold played and in and out;
He peeped in every Pot and Pail,
And grinned, and pulled the Pussy's tail.
Big clumsy Gretchen, washing up
The Breakfast-dishes, dropped a Cup;
It fell upon the Kobold's Toe,
And made him hop it hurt him so.
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