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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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