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StoryTitle("caps", "Peterkin Pout and Gregory Grout") ?>
PoemStart() ?>
PagePoem(51, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Oh, Peterkin Pout and Gregory Grout ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Are two little goblins black,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Full oft from my house I've driven them out, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "But somehow they still come back.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "They clamber up to the baby's mouth, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And pull the corners down;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "They perch aloft on the baby's brow, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And twist it into a frown.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And one says \"Must!\" and t' other says \"Can't!\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And one says \"Shall!\" and t' other says \"Shan't!\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Oh, Peterkin Pout and Gregory Grout,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "I pray you now, from my house keep out!", "") ?>
PagePoem(52, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "But Samuel Smile and Lemuel Laugh ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Are two little fairies light;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "They're always ready for fun and chaff, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And sunshine is their delight.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And when they creep into Baby's eyes, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Why, there the sunbeams are;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And when they peep through her rosy lips, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Her laughter rings near and far.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And one says \" Please!\" and t' other says \"Do!\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And both together say \"I love you!\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "So, Lemuel Laugh and Samuel Smile, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Come in, my dears, and tarry awhile!", "") ?>
PoemAttribution("85", SmallCapsText("—Laura E. Richards.")) ?>
PoemEnd() ?>
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