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A Curious
Discourse
Says A, give
me a good large slice.
Says B, a
little bit, but nice.
Says C, cut
me a piece of crust.
Take it,
says D, it's dry as dust.
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Says
E, I'll eat now fast, who will.
Says F, I vow I'll have my
fill.
Says G, give it me good and
great.
Says H, a little bit I
hate.
Says I, I love the juice
the best,
And K the very same confest.
Says L, there's nothing
more I love, |
Says
M, it makes your teeth to move.
N noticed what the others
said;
O others' plates with grief
survey'd.
P praised the cook up to
the life.
Q quarrel'd 'cause he'd a
bad knife.
Says R, it runs short, I'm
afraid.
S silent sat, and nothing
said. |
T
thought that talking might lose time;
U understood it at meals a
crime.
W wish'd there had been a
quince in;
Says X, those cooks there's
no convincing.
Says Y, I'll eat, let
others wish.
Z sat as mute as any fish,
While Ampersy-and he licked
the dish. |