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479 B
13 lines
479 B
6 years ago
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'You are old,' said the youth, 'as I mentioned before,
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And have grown most uncommonly fat;
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Yet you turned a back-somersault in at the door--
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Pray, what is the reason of that?'
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'In my youth,' said the sage, as he shook his grey locks,
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'I kept all my limbs very supple
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By the use of this ointment--one shilling the box--
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Allow me to sell you a couple?'
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'You are old,' said the youth, 'and your jaws are too weak
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For anything tougher than suet;
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