"In marble walls as white as milk...," by Mother Goose

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"In marble walls as white as milk..."
by Mother Goose

In marble walls as white as milk,
Lined with a skin as soft as silk,
Within a fountain crystal clear,
A golden apple doth appear;
No doors there are to this stronghold,
Yet thieves break in and steal the gold.

(An egg.)

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