But prithee do not you forget

He’s not at all an ass;

Because the books that he doth buy,

That on his shelf do stand,

Hold not one page his eagle eye

Hath not completely scanned.

And while this man’s orthoepy

May not be what it should,

He knows what books contain, and he

“Can quote ’em pretty good.”

FATE!

I feel that I am quite as smart

I feel

As Edward Bulwer Lytton, Bart.

I’m also every bit as bright

As Walter Scott, the Scottish knight;

And in my own peculiar way

I’m just as good as Thackeray.

But, woe is me that it should be,

They got here years ahead of me,

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