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Yea, till the world is done

—To a turn—and Time puts out the sun,
Shall live the endless echo of thy name.
But, as for thy more fleshy frame,
Ah! Death's carnivorous teeth will tittle
Thee out of breath, and eat it for cold victual
But still thy fame shall be among the nations
Preserved to the last course of generations.

Ah me, my soul is touch'd with sorrow!
To think how flesh must pass away—
So mutton, that is warm to-day,

Is cold, and turn'd to hashes, on the morrow!
Farewell! I would say more, but I

Have other fish to fry.

THE CIGAR.

SOME sigh for this and that;
My wishes don't go far;
The worl1 may wag at will,
So I have my cigar.

Some fret themselves to death
With Whig and Tory jaz,

I don't care which is in,
So I have my cigar.

Sir John requests my vote,

And so does Mr. Marr;

I don't care how it goes,
So I have my cigar.

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To have my choice among

The toys of life's bazaar,
The deuce may take them all
So I have my cigar.

Some minds are often tost

By tempests like a tar;

I always seem in port,
So I have my cigar.

The ardent flame of love
My bosom cannot char,
I smoke, but do not burn,
So I have my cigar.

'They tell me Nancy Low
Has married Mr. R.;
The jilt! but I can live,
So I have my cigar.

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