Nursery Rhyme. DCXXIII. Relics.

    What's the news of the day,
    Good neighbour, I pray?
    They say the balloon
    Is gone up to the moon.

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Nursery Rhyme. CLXXI. Songs.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCXVI. Riddles.

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Nursery Rhyme. DXXXV. Natural History. [Bird boy's song.]

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