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ANACREONTICS.
And the right women too;
Women by travel and study enlightened,
Who know what's what and who's who;
Women who are not too easily frightened,
Whatever you say or do;
With whom you may joke and tipple and smoke;
They are up to it all, as well as you.
IV.
But one of our six
Jovial bricks,
(Brick, you know, is an epicene noun)
Warbles no more to a listening town.
Far, far over the sea,
In a gush of melody,
Our sweet singing bird has flown.
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