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A SPY by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: SIGHED THE LANGUID MOON TO THE MORNING STAR
Last Line: "WHILE THE MAN-IN-THE-MOON WAS LOOKING AT ME."
Subject(s): MOON;
Sighed the languid Moon to the Morning Star:
"O little maid, how late you are!"
"I couldn't rise from my couch," quoth she,
"While the Man-in-the-Moon was looking at me."



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