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The Old Man’s Discomforts
“You are cold, Father William,” the young man cried,
“As I animadverted before.
And yet you pay many doubloons for your rent—
Pray, Pa, juxtapose me once more.”
“As I animadverted before.
And yet you pay many doubloons for your rent—
Pray, Pa, juxtapose me once more.”
“The rent that I pay,” Father William replied,
“Is paid not for windows nor steam;
But the entrance downstairs is of marble and gold.”
And that’s no impalpable dream.
“Is paid not for windows nor steam;
But the entrance downstairs is of marble and gold.”
And that’s no impalpable dream.
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