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Charles Lamb - Which Is The Favourite?
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Brothers and sisters I have many:
Though I know there is not any
Of them but I love, yet I
Will just name them all; and try
If there be one a little more
Loved by me than all the rest.
Yes; I do think, that I love best
My brother Henry, because he
Has always been most fond of me.
Yet, to be sure, there`s Isabel;
I think I love her quite as well.
And, I assure you, little Ann,
No brother nor no sister can
Be more dear to me than she.
Only I must say, Emily,
Being the eldest, it`s right her
To all the rest I should prefer.
Yet after all I`ve said, suppose
My greatest favourite should be Rose.
No, John and Paul are both more dear
To me than Rose, that`s always here,
While they are half the year at school;
And yet that neither is no rule.
I`ve named them all, there`s only seven;
I find my love to all so even,
To every sister, every brother,
I love not one more than another.
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