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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
[Give me enough of meat and drink]
Give
me enough of meat and drink
That of meat and drink I may cease to think.
But what is enough? Much less, I trow,
Than all that ill habit longs for now.
And what is too little?—with all the rest,
My
whim
demands its share of the best.
Blackberries