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XI.—EPIGRAM.
[From sunset to daybreak, when folks are asleep]
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
From sunset to daybreak, when folks are asleep,
New watchmen are 'pointed the 'chequer to keep:
New locks and new bolts fasten every door,
And the chests are made three times as strong as before.
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For the same are still trusted with care of the keys.
From the night to the morning, 'tis true, all is right:
But who shall secure it from morning to night?
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