Gay harlequins dancing—beribboned are they

And carry two poles in the air;

That rest on their heads in a curious way,

And top of each pole is a bear,

I declare,

A wonderful, long-tailed bear.

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THE FAITHFUL NOTES

An old guitar once broke its strings,

And all the musical notes took wings;

They harried away to lands afar.

But two of them stayed with the old guitar.

THE POLITE COLLY-WOBBLES

Very polite colly-wobbles are these—

They hang by their feet to the branches of trees,

While a hand they extend

To a wobbledy friend,

And often they say, "If you please."

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