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My Dentist.
In childhood who my first array
Of teeth pluck'd tenderly away,
For teeth like dogs have each their day?
My Dentist.
Of teeth pluck'd tenderly away,
For teeth like dogs have each their day?
My Dentist.
Who when my first had run their race,
And others had usurp'd their place,
When overcrowded gave them space?
My Dentist.
And others had usurp'd their place,
When overcrowded gave them space?
My Dentist.
Whether the cavities were slight,
Or vast and deep, who stopp'd them tight,
Then made their polish'd surface white?
My Dentist.
Or vast and deep, who stopp'd them tight,
Then made their polish'd surface white?
My Dentist.
When void of bone a gap was seen,
Who fix'd, the vacancy to screen,
An artificial one between?
My Dentist.
Who fix'd, the vacancy to screen,
An artificial one between?
My Dentist.
Who, when ambitious to be first
My horse fell headlong in the burst,
Replaced the ivories dispersed?
My Dentist.
My horse fell headlong in the burst,
Replaced the ivories dispersed?
My Dentist.
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Who “Baily” left on parlour chair
With leaf turn'd down to show me where
Jack Russell's life was pictured there?
My Dentist.
With leaf turn'd down to show me where
Jack Russell's life was pictured there?
My Dentist.
Or reading in that doleful cell
Whyte-Melville's verse, who knew full well
Its charm would every pang dispel?
My Dentist.
Whyte-Melville's verse, who knew full well
Its charm would every pang dispel?
My Dentist.
Who lull'd with laughing gas my fear
When conscious that a tug was near
For man's endurance too severe?
My Dentist.
When conscious that a tug was near
For man's endurance too severe?
My Dentist.
And, lastly, when infirm I grew,
Who skilfully each relic drew,
And framed for me a mouth-piece new?
My Dentist.
Who skilfully each relic drew,
And framed for me a mouth-piece new?
My Dentist.
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