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THE PERTINACIOUS TOPER.
FROM THE GERMAN.
In coolest cellar here I rest,
Near a full cask of liquor,
Right glad at heart, since of the best
I for myself can pick here.
The butler puts the spigot in,
Obedient to my winking,
Gives me the cup; I hold it up,
I'm drinking, drinking, drinking!
A demon plagues me, thirst to wit,
And so, to scare the fellow,
I take my glass and into it
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