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  1.                                       1816
  2.                               A SONG ABOUT MYSELF
  3.                                  by John Keats
  4.  
  5.                           I.
  6.  
  7.                 There was a naughty boy,
  8.                   A naughty boy was he,
  9.                 He would not stop at home,
  10.                   He could not quiet be-
  11.                     He took
  12.                     In his knapsack
  13.                     A book
  14.                     Full of vowels
  15.                     And a shirt
  16.                     With some towels,
  17.                     A slight cap
  18.                     For night cap,
  19.                     A hair brush,
  20.                     Comb ditto,
  21.                     New stockings
  22.                     For old ones
  23.                     Would split O!
  24.                     This knapsack
  25.                     Tight at's back
  26.                     He rivetted close
  27.                   And followed his nose
  28.                     To the north,
  29.                     To the north,
  30.                   And follow'd his nose
  31.                     To the north.
  32.  
  33.                          II.
  34.  
  35.                 There was a naughty boy
  36.                   And a naughty boy was he,
  37.                 For nothing would he do
  38.                   But scribble poetry-
  39.                     He took
  40.                     An ink stand
  41.                     In his hand
  42.                     And a pen
  43.                     Big as ten
  44.                     In the other,
  45.                     And away
  46.                     In a pother
  47.                     He ran
  48.                     To the mountains
  49.                     And fountains
  50.                     And ghostes
  51.                     And postes
  52.                     And witches
  53.                     And ditches
  54.                     And wrote
  55.                     In his coat
  56.                     When the weather
  57.                     Was cool,
  58.                     Fear of gout,
  59.                     And without
  60.                     When the weather
  61.                     Was warm-
  62.                     Och the charm
  63.                     When we choose
  64.                   To follow one's nose
  65.                     To the north,
  66.                     To the north,
  67.                   To follow one's nose
  68.                     To the north!
  69.  
  70.                         III.
  71.  
  72.                 There was a naughty boy
  73.                   And a naughty boy was he,
  74.                 He kept little fishes
  75.                   In washing tubs three
  76.                     In spite
  77.                     Of the might
  78.                     Of the maid
  79.                     Nor afraid
  80.                     Of his Granny-good-
  81.                     He often would
  82.                     Hurly burly
  83.                     Get up early
  84.                     And go
  85.                     By hook or crook
  86.                     To the brook
  87.                     And bring home
  88.                     Miller's thumb,
  89.                     Tittlebat
  90.                     Not over fat,
  91.                     Minnows small
  92.                     As the stall
  93.                     Of a glove,
  94.                     Not above
  95.                     The size
  96.                     Of a nice
  97.                     Little baby's
  98.                     Little fingers-
  99.                     O he made
  100.                     'Twas his trade
  101.                   Of fish a pretty kettle
  102.                     A kettle-
  103.                     A kettle
  104.                   Of fish a pretty kettle
  105.                     A kettle!
  106.  
  107.                          IV.
  108.  
  109.                 There was a naughty boy,
  110.                   And a naughty boy was he,
  111.                 He ran away to Scotland
  112.                   The people for to see-
  113.                     There he found
  114.                     That the ground
  115.                     Was as hard,
  116.                     That a yard
  117.                     Was as long,
  118.                     That a song
  119.                     Was as merry,
  120.                     That a cherry
  121.                     Was as red,
  122.                     That lead
  123.                     Was as weighty,
  124.                     That fourscore
  125.                     Was as eighty,
  126.                     That a door
  127.                     Was as wooden
  128.                     As in England-
  129.                   So he stood in his shoes
  130.                     And he wonder'd,
  131.                     He wonder'd,
  132.                   He stood in his
  133.                     Shoes and he wonder'd.
  134.  
  135.  
  136.                         THE END
  137.