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Blackberries
by William Allingham
Allingham, William (1824-1889)
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Grubb.
An Incalculable Man.
Squirmley.
Mellita.
A Distinguished Man.
[I loved A. B. yet my praise was cool.]
Promptus.
Long Shadow.
Dictatorius.
Veterator.
Profit and Loss.
Dorr.
Corpulentus.
Jactator.
Dives.
Flibb.
[In counting “ruin'd” men, we seldom guess]
[The Chief Malefactors of the time]
[Louche plays the honest and high-minded man]
[“The Devil take him!”—nay, Old Nick]
George.
Donans.
Tumidus.
Frank Rascal.
Jay.
Grunch.
Brisk.
Click.
Tompkins.
Crœsulus.
On a Tradesman.
[“Adulteration is a form of Competition”]
To an Egg-Merchant.
Brown and Green.
To my Friend Edward.
To my Friend Matthew.
To my Friend Daniel.
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Blackberries
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[Clever Youth of acquisitive turn]
Clever
Youth of acquisitive turn,
From an idle poet deign to learn;
If you want to be rich and praised in your day,
What fits the time you must do and say,
And carefully shun to say or do
What you deepliest know to be right and true.
Blackberries