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"A baby was sleeping, Its mother was weeping."
Samuel Lover / The Angel's Whisper.
The Angel's Whisper.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"Reproof on her lips, but a smile in her eye."
Samuel Lover / Rory O'More.
Rory O'More.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"For drames always go by conthraries, my dear."
Samuel Lover / Rory O'More.
Rory O'More.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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""Then here goes another," says he, "to make sure, For there 's luck in odd numbers," says Rory O'More."
Samuel Lover / Rory O'More.
Rory O'More.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"There was a place in childhood that I remember well, And there a voice of sweetest tone bright fairy tales did tell."
Samuel Lover / My Mother dear.
My Mother dear.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"Sure the shovel and tongs To each other belongs."
Samuel Lover / Widow Machree.
Widow Machree.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain