Unwillingly, the bubble reputation,

Sans teeth, sans eyes, into the cannon’s mouth,

Mewling and puking: Then, last scene of all,

That ends this strange eventful history,

Is second pantaloon, and mere oblivion.

Frederic Upton, 1885.

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Song.

Amiens. Under the greenwood tree

Who loves to lie with me,