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Perhaps thou vainly dream'st the Gods
‘Have manor-houses on these roads:
‘Or thou may foolishly be thinking
‘Of inns and taverns there, for drinking,
‘Unless thou eat a heavenly sign,
‘On all the road thou cannot dine:
‘The crab, the lobster, or the piscis,
‘Or some such paultry stuff as this is.
‘And then, to wash thy pickled throat,
‘Thou must drink of a water-pot.”
‘Have manor-houses on these roads:
‘Or thou may foolishly be thinking
‘Of inns and taverns there, for drinking,
‘Unless thou eat a heavenly sign,
‘On all the road thou cannot dine:
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‘Or some such paultry stuff as this is.
‘And then, to wash thy pickled throat,
‘Thou must drink of a water-pot.”
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