Rhymlets.
When you're speaking oE a leaflet, Why, you meau a little leaf ; - Would you call a man a " thieflet " If a lowly statured thief ? If you fell into a bramlct And the little thorns were there, Would you say it wa<! a " damlet ? ' When you swore a little swear? In alluding to a streamlet You weuld mean a little stream ; Would you call your wife a " screatnlet ' If she screamed a little scream ? Though a little lien's a pullet, Ifc would b9 an awful bull, If you said that you were " fullet " When you meant a little " full ! " And, if speaking of a ramlefc, You should mean a little ram, Would you ask a slice of Hamlet If you meant a little ham ? — Bysshe.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1839, 19 April 1884, Page 6 (Supplement)
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125Rhymlets. Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1839, 19 April 1884, Page 6 (Supplement)
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