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EPIGRAM CCXVI.
['Twas said of old by some queer cur]
AUDI ALTERAM PARTEM.
'Twas said of old by some queer cur,
That human bellies have no ears;
But this, as daily proofs aver,
A palpable humbug appears;
That human bellies have no ears;
But this, as daily proofs aver,
A palpable humbug appears;
For never yet was man of paunch,
Of such degenerate appetite reckon'd;
But, that, amidst the first fat haunch,
He'd hear with rapture, of a second!
Of such degenerate appetite reckon'd;
But, that, amidst the first fat haunch,
He'd hear with rapture, of a second!
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