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Out came the children running— All the little boys and girls, With rosy cheeks and flaxen curls And sparkling eyes and teeth like pearls Tripping and skipping, ran merrily after The wonderful music with shouting and laughter.

Out came the children running— All the little boys and girls, With rosy cheeks and flaxen curls And sparkling eyes and teeth like pearls Tripping and skipping, ran merrily after The wonderful music with shouting and laughter.

Approximate author period: c. 1850 AD · industrial

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Robert Browning
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Approximate author period: c. 1850 AD · industrial
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My Commonplace Book (third English edition,1921) (1921 AD)

Page 303 · printed citation: R. Browning (The Pied Piper of Hamelin). · compiler notes excluded

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