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Between whiles (1887)

Between whiles (1887)

Classics Literary Fiction Short Stories

Helen Hunt Jackson

Year: 1887
Authors: Helen Hunt Jackson
Print type: BOOK

Description:

Who buys? Who buys? 'Tis like a market-fair; The hubbub rises deafening on the air: The children spend their honest money there; The knaves prowl out like foxes from a lair. Who buys? Who sells? Alas, and still alas! The children sell their diamond stones for glass; The knaves their worthless stones for diamonds pass. He laughs who buys; he laughs who sells. Alas!