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A thousand more verses

Carleton, Will (1845-1912)

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Have you pedigree to tell?
Did a grandame boast the process
Of the sinking of a well
In proud Caesar's strong proboscis?
Did fair Cleopatra pause
In her international cooing,
To extend bejewelled claws
For your ancestress' undoing?
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