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214 JESSIE POPE
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Shining pins that dart and click In the fireside's sheltered peace
Check the thoughts that cluster thick — 20 plain and then decrease.
He was brave — well, so was I —
Keen and merry, but his lip Quivered when he said good-bye —
Purl the seam-stitch, purl and slip.
Never used to living rough,
Lots of things he'd got to learn ;
Wonder if he's warm enough — Knit 2, catch 2, knit 1, turn.
Hark ! The paper-boys again !
Wish that shout could be suppressed ; Keeps one always on the strain —
Knit off 9, and slip the rest.
Wonder if he's fighting now.
What he's done an' where he's been ;
He'll come out on top, somehow — Slip 1, knit 2, purl 14-
— Jessie Pope.
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