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- BEGGAR TO BEGGAR CRIED
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- "TIME to put off the world and go somewhere
- And find my health again in the sea air,'
- i{Beggar to beggar cried, being frenzy-struck,}
- "And make my soul before my pate is bare.-
- "And get a comfortable wife and house
- To rid me of the devil in my shoes,'
- i{Beggar to beggar cried, being frenzy-struck,}
- "And the worse devil that is between my thighs.'
- And though I'd marry with a comely lass,
- She need not be too comely -- let it pass,'
- i{Beggar to beggar cried, being frenzy-struck,}
- "But there's a devil in a looking-glass.'
- "Nor should she be too rich, because the rich
- Are driven by wealth as beggars by the itch,'
- i{Beggar to beggar cried, being frenzy-struck,}
- "And cannot have a humorous happy speech.'
- "And there I'll grow respected at my ease,
- And hear amid the garden's nightly peace.'
- i{Beggar to beggar cried, being frenzy-struck,}
- "The wind-blown clamour of the barnacle-geese.'
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