Living
Wire-Locks, Curly-Pate, Tangle, and Floss
From Rhymes and Jingles (1875)
Living
Wire-locks, Curly-pate, Tangle, and Floss,
To make some fine curls they were quite at a loss,
Till they found them a field of the bright dandelion,
And made the green ringlets with only half trying.
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MLA
Dodge, Mary Mapes. “Wire-Locks, Curly-Pate, Tangle, and Floss.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dodge_mm/18/.
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Dodge, Mary Mapes. “Wire-Locks, Curly-Pate, Tangle, and Floss.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dodge_mm/18/.
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