TO "HANS BREITMANN."
[Mr. C. G. Leland, in his recently-published Memoirs, informs us of his very early appreciation of the formula, "I am I—I am myself—I myself I.">[
You, from mirth to logic turning,
Doubly proved yourself the right man,
By your wondrous breadth of learning,
For the title of "der Breitmann."
Yes, the lore and fun within you
Show us yearly greater reasons
Why we wish you to continue
Quite yourself for farther seasons.
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