Living
Don't Trust Chatter
From Rhymes and Jingles (1875)
Living
Don't trust Chatter, who whispers low,
And tells you stories of Prue and Joe.
Be sure when he whispers to Joe and Prue,
He'll tell them many a tale of you.
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MLA
Dodge, Mary Mapes. “Don't Trust Chatter.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dodge_mm/171/.
Chicago
Dodge, Mary Mapes. “Don't Trust Chatter.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dodge_mm/171/.
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