John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
Frederik Loker-Lampson 1821-1895 John Bartlett
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| And this was your Cradle? Why, surely, my Jenny, Such cozy dimensions go clearly to show You were an exceedingly small pickaninny, Some nineteen or twenty short summers ago. |
| The old Cradle. |
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| “Vanitas vanitatum” has rung in the ears Of gentle and simple for thousands of years; The wail still is heard, yet its notes never scare Either simple or gentle from Vanity Fair. |
| Vanity Fair. |
| 3 |
| What an arm—what a waist For an arm! |
| To My Grandmother. |
| 4 |
| The world ’s as ugly, ay, as Sin,— And almost as delightful. |
| The Jester’s Plea. |