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" And not a soul knew which. One day, to make the matter worse, Before our names were fixed, As we were being washed by nurse, We got completely mixed ; And thus, you see, by fate's decree, Or rather nurse's whim, My brother John got christened me, And... "
Analecta Graeciensia: Festschrift zur 42. Versammlung Deutscher Philologen ... - Page 178
1893 - 217 pages
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The Cheltonian

Cheltenham College - 1867 - 362 pages
...exact day. Original |Joctrjj. The Twins. In face and feature, form and limb, I grew so like my brother, It puzzled all our kith and kin, It reached a fearful pitch, For one of us was born a twin, And not a soul knew which. And still to make the matter worse, Before our names were fixed,...
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The Speaker's Garland and Literary Bouquet: Combining 100 Choice Selections ...

1876 - 754 pages
...face and limb, I grew so like my brother, That folks got taking me for him, And each for one another. It puzzled all our kith and kin, It reached a fearful pitch ; For one of us was horn a twih, And not a soul knew which. One day, to make the matter worse, Before our names were fixed,...
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Single Famous Poems

Rossiter Johnson - 1877 - 308 pages
...face and limb, I grew so like my brother, That folks got taking me for him, And each for one another. It puzzled all our kith and kin, It reached a fearful pitch ; For one of us was born a twin, And not a soul knew which. One day to make the matter worse, Before our names were fixed,...
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Baynham's Elocution, select readings

George Walter Baynham - 1883 - 416 pages
...face and limb I grew so like my brother, That folks got taking me for him And each for one another. It puzzled all our kith and kin, It reached a fearful pitch ; For one of us was born a twin, And not a soul knew which. One day to make the matter worse, Before our names were fixed,...
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The Magazine of Poetry and Literary Review, Volume 1

Charles Wells Moulton - 1889 - 536 pages
...face and limb, I grew so like my brother. That folks got taking me for him, And each for one another. It puzzled all our kith and kin, It reached a fearful pitch; For one of us was born a twin, And not a soul knew which. 88. In vain do ye seek to behold Him; He dwells in no temple...
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Famous Single and Fugitive Poems

Rossiter Johnson - 1890 - 394 pages
...face and limb, I grew so like my brother, That folks got taking me for him, And each for one another. It puzzled all our kith and kin, It reached a fearful pitch ; For one of us was bora a twin, And not a soul knew which. One day to make the matter worse, Before our names were fixed,...
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Favorite Poems from the Best Authors: Humorous Poems

1894 - 288 pages
...face and limb, I grew so like my brother, That folks got taking me for him, And each for one another. It puzzled all our kith and kin, It reached a fearful pitch ; For one of us was born a twin, And not a soul knew which. One day, to make the matter worse, Before our names were fixed,...
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The Speaker's Garland: Comprising 100 Choice Selections ...

Phineas Garrett - 1904 - 896 pages
...face and limb, I grew so like my brother, That folks got taking me for him, And each for one another. It puzzled all our kith and kin, It reached a fearful pitch ; For one of us was born a twin, And not a soul knew which. One day, to make the matter worse, Before our names were fixed,...
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The Speaker's Garland: Comprising 100 Choice Selections ...

Phineas Garrett - 1904 - 890 pages
...taking me for him, In form and feature, face and limb, And each for one another. It puzzled all onr kith and kin, It reached a fearful pitch ; For one of us was born a twin, And not a soul knew which. One day, to make thc matter worse, Before our name's were fixed,...
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Famous Fugitive Poems

Rossiter Johnson - 1908 - 398 pages
...face and limb, I grew so like my brother, That folks got taking me for him, And each for one another. It puzzled all our kith and kin. It reached a fearful pitch ; For one of us was born a twin, And not a soul knew which. One day to make the matter worse. Before our names were fixed,...
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