There fashion'd that countenance, which, in spite of a stain

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[Variant 3:]

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There's an old man in London, the prime of old men,
You may hunt for his match through ten thousand and ten,
Of prop or of staff, does he walk, does he run,
No more need has he than a flow'r of the sun.


1800

There's an old man in London, the prime of old men,
You may hunt for his match through ten thousand and ten,
Of prop or of staff, does he walk, does he run,
No more need has he than a flow'r of the sun.

This stanza appeared only in 1800, occupying the place of the three first stanzas in the final text.

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[Variant 4:]

1815
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