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MEOPS.
I
Meops lived; a mighty man;Had two castles by the sea,
Parks in half a dozen shires,
Hill and hollow, croft and lea,
Horses, hounds, and fallow deer,
Fifty thousand pounds a year,
Lands in mortgage and in fee;
Splendid Meops!—Envy's mark!—
Taper shining through the dark!—
Mighty man was he!
II
Meops died—the great and high,—Left his castles by the sea;
Left his horses, hounds, and hawks,
Lands in mortgage and in fee;
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Toadies, parasites, and tools;
Left his wife and children three:
But when mighty Meops died,
Not one living creature sigh'd;
Little man was he!
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