Doris M Holden - Writings
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Saturday Competition - A Versifying Test
[A first prize of two guineas and a second prize of one guinea were offered for eight line sof verse, the first of which must be “I remember, I remember,” and the last “Across the sands of Dee.”
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Peterborough imagined a wife-killer:
I remember, I remember,
How Mary’s tongue would wag,
From morning until evening
She never ceased to nag.
One night I took her walking,
It was too dark to see-
(How very useful are those tides Across the sands of Dee!)
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Any Notes on the Article or Story (If available)
Saturday Competition entry that warranted a special mention in the review of entries. Unfortunately the original entry along with the identity of the newspaper this competition featured in is currently unidentified.
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Unknown 06 June 1934
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