M. Misfortunes Never Come Singly

Making toast at fireside,
  Nurse fell in the grate and died;
And, what makes it ten times worse,
  All the toast was burned with nurse.

Graham, Harry (as "Col. D. Streamer"). Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes. New York: R. H. Russell 1901

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