Soon shall moustache and beard once more on all

Our chins wag merrily, in street and hall!

Diogenes, March, 1854.

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A Soliloquy Whilst Shaving.

To shave, or not to shave? that is the question,

Whether ’tis comfortable most to cover

One’s face all over with outrageous lather,

Or by outrageous hair, s(h)ave so much trouble,

And thus soap—pose we end it! To shave—to swear