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The Outing

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My Bed is like a little Bark,          The hatch is battened down,     And in the basket cabin dark          I sail away from Town.     Now, when they lift the lid, a scene          Of wonder meets my eyes,     Tall waving Feather-Dusters green,          That seem to touch the skies.     And over all the Ground is spread          A Rug of Emerald sweet,     Most deep enough to hide my head          And tickly to my feet.     And here's the Cow, calm-eyed stands she,          The Genie of the Jug,     Beneath the Feather-Duster Tree,          And eats the Emerald Rug.

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