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FOR MERIT
To Parmentier Parisians raise
A statue fine and large:
He cooked potatoes fifty ways,
Nor ever led a charge.
A statue fine and large:
He cooked potatoes fifty ways,
Nor ever led a charge.
“Palmam qui meruit”—the rest
You know as well as I;
And best of all to him that best
Of sayings will apply.
You know as well as I;
And best of all to him that best
Of sayings will apply.
Let meaner men the poet's bays
Or warrior's medal wear;
Who cooks potatoes fifty ways
Shall bear the palm—de terre.
Or warrior's medal wear;
Who cooks potatoes fifty ways
Shall bear the palm—de terre.
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