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In Spain, that land of Monks and Apes,
The thing called Wine doth come from grapes,
But on the noble River Rhine,
The thing called Gripes doth come from Wine!
First published in Memoirs of C. M. Young, 1871, p. 221. First collected in 1893.
77
INSCRIPTION FOR A TIME-PIECE
Now! It is gone—Our brief hours travel post,
Each with its thought or deed, its Why or How:—
But know, each parting hour gives up a ghost
To dwell within thee—an eternal Now!
First published in Lit. Rem., i. 60. First collected in 1844.
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ON THE MOST VERACIOUS ANECDOTIST, AND
SMALL-TALK MAN, THOMAS HILL, ESQ.[974:1]
Tom Hill, who laughs at Cares and Woes,
As nauci—nili—pili—
What is he like, as I suppose?
Why, to be sure, a Rose—a Rose.
At least, no soul that Tom Hill knows
Could e'er recall a Li-ly.
Now first published from an MS.
