The Mechanical Poet

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  1. I--I went to sleep and dreamed, I guess.
  2. There was a chance that promised success.
  3. Why should it not be made common and free?
  4. 'I am,' saith he, 'like a green fir tree.
  5. So I wander about in other rooms.
  6. ' I inquired if he knew all their names.
  7. "I don't want your money, I want my watch!
  8. A hop and a scotch is another notch,
  9. Goin' to turn him over to the sheriff?
  10. Dost think thyself beyond the reach of mischief?
  11. [Footnote 1: Without fear and without reproach.]
  12. Miss Clara and me, we'll go by the coach.
  13. But there Was Aunt Maude's noisy ring and knock!
  14. Meanwhile, have hence this rebel to the block.
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