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THE STALWART
“KILL me the ox!” roared Vice in tonesThat shook, as thunder shakes, the quiet;
“For I should soon be skin and bones
On Virtue's vegetarian diet!”
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That shook, as thunder shakes, the quiet;
“For I should soon be skin and bones
On Virtue's vegetarian diet!”