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=THE CAT<br />

I only know <strong>the</strong>y make me light and salutary meals<br />

And if — as 'tis my nature to — ere I devour, I tease<br />

'em,<br />

Why should a low-bred gardener's boy pursue me with<br />

a besom?<br />

Should china fall, or chandeliers, or anything but<br />

stocks,<br />

Nay, stocks when <strong>the</strong>y're in flower-pots, <strong>the</strong> <strong>cat</strong> ex-<br />

pects hard knocks;<br />

Should ever anything be missed,— milk, coals, um-<br />

brellas, brandy,<br />

The <strong>cat</strong>'s pitched into with a boot, or anything that's<br />

handy.<br />

" I remember, I remember," how one night I " fleeted<br />

by,"<br />

And gain'd <strong>the</strong> blessed tiles, and gazed into <strong>the</strong> cold,<br />

clear sky.<br />

" I remember, I remember, how my little lovers<br />

came,"<br />

And <strong>the</strong>re, beneath <strong>the</strong> crescent moon, play'd many a<br />

little game.<br />

They fought! by good St. Ca<strong>the</strong>rine, 'twas a fearful<br />

sight to see<br />

The coal-black crest, <strong>the</strong> glowering orbs, of one gi-<br />

gantic He.<br />

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