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To J. T. Fields.

Three-fifths of twelve
Are $7.20.
This may appear
To be somewhat dear;
But wherefore went he?
The Faust of Goúnod
Is an opera, you know,
In which Castelmary
Plays the Old Harry,—
Therefore spent he
His $7.20.
June 4, 1871.