Work! work! work! While the cock is crowing aloof! And work—work—work, Till the stars shine through the roof! - Thomas Hood

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Ben Battle was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms;
But a cannon-ball took off his legs, So he laid down his arms.

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Sewing at once a double thread, A shroud as well as a shirt.

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Boughs are daily rifled By the gusty thieves,
And the book of Nature Getteth short of leaves.

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