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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
[The Wisest Living Mortal—Oh]
The
Wisest Living Mortal—Oh
If one ten-thousandth part he knew
Of what our Teachers claim to know,
And gave us tidings true,
From east and west and north and south
How we should swarm to his gold mouth!
Blackberries