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I Do not ask three acres and a cow, Though that, it seems, is merit's minimum Half that estate or less contents me now, And if I want some milk (to mix with rum On winter mornings) I've discovered how To buy the ?uid for a tri?ing sum. I'd rather hail (like Jack's all-tattered priest) A milkmaid than a crumpled-horned beast.
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