He takes the strangest liberties — But never takes his leave! - John Godfrey Saxe

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Again I hear the creaking step! — He's rapping at the door! — Too well I know the boding sound
That ushers in a bore.

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A youth would marry a maiden, For fair and fond was she; But their sires disputed about the Mass, And so it might not be.

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Don't use strong drink, — pray let me advise, — It 's bad for the stomach, and ruins the eyes;

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