A New School (a song for Erica) (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
I'm in a new school I'm the new face With my great style, I'm here To brighten up the place ...
I'm in a new school I'm the new face With my great style, I'm here To brighten up the place ...
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I met a lady from the South who said (You won't believe she said it, but she said it): "None ...
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Take heed of loving me; At least remember I forbade it thee; Not that I shall repair my unthrifty waste ...
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I Before I grew this spacesuit I was trim. I saw it in a doctor's report: "The subject is an ...
"Me too, perchance, in future days, The sculptured stone shall show, With Paphian myrtle or with bays Parnassian on my ...
AY, 'twas here, on this spot, In that summer of yore, Atalanta did not Vote my presence a bore, Nor ...
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The First Voice HE trilled a carol fresh and free, He laughed aloud for very glee: There came a breeze ...
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