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WYNKEN, BLYNKEN, AND NOD

WYNKEN, Blynken, and Nod one night
 Sailed off in a wooden shoe—
Sailed on a river of crystal light,
 Into a sea of dew.
"Where are you going, and what do you wish?"
 The old moon asked the three.
"We have come to fish for the herring fish
 That live in this beautiful sea;
 Nets of silver and gold have we!"
Said Wynken,
Blynken,
And Nod.

The old moon laughed and sang a song,
 As they rocked in the wooden shoe,
And the wind that sped them all night long

 Ruffled the waves of dew.

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