The Rattle-Snake

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Title:     The Rattle-Snake
Author: Ruth McEnery Stuart [More Titles by Stuart]

Br'er Rattle-snake rattles befo' he springs,
But he warns too late to 'scape 'is stings;
His high-class manners don't count for much
'Ca'ze dey grafted on to a sarpent's touch.
An' he ain't by 'isself in dat, in dat--
An' he ain't by 'isself in dat.

[The end]
Ruth McEnery Stuart's poem: Rattle-Snake

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