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[Anacreon, the ladies say]

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(Written in 1790)

Anacreon, the ladies say
Your pate is bald, your beard is gray!
Take you a looking-glass—forsooth,
You'll find that what they say is truth.
But whether it be truth or not,
As little do I care as wot;
But this I know—'tis best to rime
Thus o'er my jokes while suits the time.