Poems, Epigrams and Sonnets By R. E. Egerton-Warburton |
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A DILEMMA.
A lady fair had lovers three,All fellow-passengers at sea.
It chanc'd when loud the tempest roar'd
That Lady fair fell overboard;
Two straightway plung'd into the wave
And snatch'd her from a watery grave;
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“How can I thus perplex'd decide?
Good Captain, aid my choice to make,
Which think you now ought I to take?”
“Since my opinion you rely on,”
The Captain answer'd, “take the dry un.”
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