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EPIGRAM XXXIX.
[When Harry's shrill beldame thinks proper to stray]
FATI VALET HORA BENIGNI.
When Harry's shrill beldame thinks proper to stray,
“Come hang out the broom, Hal,” his neighbours all say,
“And throw every care on the shelf”—
'Tis a fortunate hour, which full dearly he earns;
For 'tis twenty to one, but when Madam returns,
He'll be ready to hang out himself!
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