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THE MONKEY WITH A MAGIC LANTERN.
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FABLE XLIV.
THE MONKEY WITH A MAGIC LANTERN

All gentlemen who verses write,
In style magnificent and grand,
But who can ne'er a line indite,
Which common folks may understand,
       Please listen to the tale I tell,