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RUBÁIYÁT OF A MOTOR CAR


[Illustration]


RUBÁIYÁT OF A MOTOR CAR

by

CAROLYN WELLS

Author of
Idle Idyls, Folly For The Wise,
A Nonsense Anthology, &c.


[Illustration]


With illustrations by
Frederick Strothmann







New York
Dodd, Mead Company
1906

Copyright, 1906, By The Curtis Publishing Company
Copyright, 1906, By Dodd, Mead and Company
Published, March, 1906




                          ¶To the crank that
                          makes the machine go


                       Rubáiyát of a Motor Car

        Wake! For the “Honk,” that scatters into flight
        The Hens before it in a Flapping Fright,
          Drives straight up to your Door, and bids you Come
        Out for a Morning Hour of Sheer Delight!

        Come, fill the Tank, adjust the Valve and Spring,
        Your Automobile Garments 'round you Fling;
          The Bird Of Time wants but to get away;
        (I think that name