The cyder-cup he knows hath come,

And he too well can feel,

That the gyp is walking off with all

The remnants of the meal.

The unbreakfasted he scratched his head—

How wretched ’twas to hear;

And still spake on that lantern-jaw’d,

And long-legged lecturer.

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The lecturer whose legs are long,