"3 Poems Book" by NoisyBread

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THE POEM BOOK

3 greate poems everyone should know!

So, we'll go no more-a-roving so late into the night, Though the heart be still as loving abd the moon be still as bright

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for the sword outwears its shealth,
and the soul wears out the breast,
and the heart must pause to breathe and love itself have rest.

Though the night was made for loving and the day returns to soon Yet we'll go no

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more-a-roving by the light of the moon

Poem 2

I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong,

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The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam,
The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work,The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat, the deckhand singing on the steamboat deck,

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The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter singing as he stands,
The wood-cutter’s song, the ploughboy’s on his way in the morning, or at noon intermission or at sundown,

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The delicious singing of the mother, or of the young wife at work, or of the girl sewing or washing,Each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else,
The day what belongs to the day — at night the party of young fellows, robust, friendly,

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Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs.

Poem 3.

Poor old lady, she swallowed a fly.
I don’t know why she swallowed a fly.
Poor old lady, I think she’ll die.

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Poor old lady, she swallowed a spider.
It squirmed and wriggled and turned inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.I don’t know why she swallowed a fly.
Poor old lady, I think she’ll die.

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Poor old lady, she swallowed a bird.
How absurd! She swallowed a bird.
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,
I don’t know why she swallowed a fly.
Poor old lady, I think she’ll die.

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Poor old lady, she swallowed a cat.
Think of that! She swallowed a cat.
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird.
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,

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I don’t know why she swallowed a fly.
Poor old lady, I think she’ll die.