Identifier: stnicholasserial392dodg (find matches)
Title: St. Nicholas (serial)
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
Subjects: Children's literature
Publisher: (New York : Scribner & Co.)
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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So they forthwith went and secured a tent That was large enough for the greatAnd they made a ringThat was just the thingTo show a horses action. event; The trapeze hung at a giddy height, The jumping-board was pronouncedAnd they had a standWhere the Famous BandWould be a chief attraction. just right. dJ 684 THE SOCIETY CIRCUS 685 For the beasts, they drew on the regular Zoo,As all the amateur circuses do, (And of course you know There are some who goFor the animals that they see there).And most extensive plans were madeFor pop-corn, peanuts, and lemonade, For, lacking those At circus shows,You might as well not be there. To conduct the show, (with the whip, you know,They chose the Talented Be-Ba-Bo, And they searched the town For a competent clown,Though later they came to rue it.For an acrobat they were quite at sea,Till Peter Poly claimed that he Performed with ease On the Flying Trapeze ;So they said: Let s see him do it.
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