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It's almost more than he can bear,
To issue slyly from his lair,
And snatch a hasty breath of air,
His need of which is absolute,
Because, you see, he is a pneu-t.^[1]

1. This word, of air is emblematic,
   Greek, "pneumos"—air—compare Pneumatic.

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