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EPIGRAM CCLXXVII.
[Quoth Will to Tom, “Folk say, forsooth]
ALIUSQUE ET IDEM.
Quoth Will to Tom, “Folk say, forsooth,
“When old wives ape the airs of Youth,
“My dame has gotten a colt's tooth:—
“If thou'rt a judge, and this be truth,
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“Because,” said Thomas, “I suppose
“The mouth wherein that same tooth grows,
“(As many a poor Pilgarlick knows,)
“Whatever change it undergoes,
“Belongs to the Grey Mare!”
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