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The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore

Collected by Himself. In Ten Volumes
  

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WHAT'S MY THOUGHT LIKE?

Quest.

Why is a Pump like V*sc---nt C*stl*r---gh?

Answ.

Because it is a slender thing of wood,
That up and down its awkward arm doth sway,
And coolly spout and spout and spout away,
In one weak, washy, everlasting flood!