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ANACREONTICS.
If we had a Spring like Europe, I should not be on my back,
With exceedingly obscure hope of soon getting up, alack!
Ancient Greeks and Romans uséd at their banquets to recline;
And the fashion then amuséd; but their taste is nowise mine;
And I've heard that Fanny Kemble lay upon her back at sea,
And made all the stewards tremble by her orders for her tea;
But this feeding on your back—'tis for me a stupid way,
Rather than make it a practice, I'd read Titcomb every day.
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