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Who was frightened by a Passing Motor, and was brought to reason.
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PoemLine("L0", "", "\"Oh Murder! What was that Papa!\"", "") ?>
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PoemLine("L0", "", "\"My child, It was a Motor-Car,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "A Most Ingenious Toy!", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Designed to Captivate and Charm", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Much, rather than to rouse Alarm", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "In any English Boy", "") ?>
PoemEnd() ?>
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PoemLine("L0", "", "What would your Great Grandfather who", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Was Aide-de-Camp to General Brue,", "") ?>
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PoemLine("L0", "", "And lost a leg at Waterloo", "") ?>
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PoemLine("L0", "", "And Quatre-Bras and", "") ?>
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PoemLine("L4", "", ". . . .Ligny too!", "") ?>
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PoemLine("L0", "", ". . . . .And died at Trafalgar!", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "What would he have remarked to hear", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "His Young Descendent shriek with fear,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Because he happened to be near", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "A Harmless Motor-Car!", "") ?>
PoemEnd() ?>
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PoemLine("L0", "", "But do not fret about it! Come!", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "We’ll off to Town, and purchase some!\"", "") ?>
PoemEnd() ?>