History & Politics
Washington's Ruse
From Child Verse (1900)
History & Politics
When Georgie would not go to bed,
If some one asked him why,
"What is the use?" he gravely said,
"You know I cannot lie."
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MLA
Tabb, John Banister. “Washington's Ruse.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tabb/63/.
Chicago
Tabb, John Banister. “Washington's Ruse.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tabb/63/.
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