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THE BENCH-LEGGED FYCE

To think of the springtime ’way back in St. Joe—
Of the peach-trees abloom an’ the daisies ablow;
To think of the play in the medder an’ grove,
When little legs wrassled an’ little han’s strove;
To think of the loyalty, valor, an’ truth
Of the friendships that hallow the season of youth!

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