Social Commentaries
Misfortunes Never Come Singly
From Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes (1902)
Social Commentaries
Making toast at the fireside,
Nurse fell in the grate and died;
And, what makes it ten times worse,
All the toast was burned with nurse.
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MLA
Graham, Harry. “Misfortunes Never Come Singly.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/graham_h/12/.
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Graham, Harry. “Misfortunes Never Come Singly.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/graham_h/12/.
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