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ANACREONTICS.
II.
So drop all your carpers and sharpers,
And let Civil Service go hang!
Leave "Justice" to lie for the Harpers;
Leave Forney the bolters to bang.
A truce to satirical pennings
At Fenton and Greeley & Co.,
Leave Schurz to be buttoned by Jennings;
You tackle this Rauzan Margaux!
III.
Rich velvet is lovely when sinking
Down a fair woman's back in a mass;
But velvet is better for drinking,
When you conjure it into a glass.
Once show it the road to your palate,
It glides with perennial flow,
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