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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

        There was a little girl,
        Who had a little curl,
Right in the middle of her forehead.
        When she was good,
        She was very good indeed,
But when she was bad she was horrid.

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From The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | 1890

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