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Poems
Selleck Osborn
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What luck, old cloven-foot, to day ?
Said I, one foggy morning, As he threw out his line for prey, Poor mortal folk suborning.
" Not much, " quoth he " but what I have, Beyond dispute, is fair gain ; With notes to . Shave I caught a knave, A miser with a bargain.
To catch a needy beau, I took A draggle-tail surtout ;* A would-be belle found on my hook A tempting full dress suit.
I caught a Congress-man, by dint Of double Compensation ; A Lawyer, on promotion bent, By timely nomination.
* "When
...this was written, in the heat of Uie season of 1816, imperious Fashion burdened the beaux of the day \vith cloth surtouts, long- enough to touch the pavement I 63 These Lawyers are, though oft you wish (No thanks for't) Satan Ixad 'em, The most unprofitable fish Of all the sons of Adam.
I caught a Surgeon, with a high- fed subject for dissection ; An Office-hunter, with a lie, Well seasoned for Election. " " What fish bite sharpest, PUG r" said I " Why, as to that, " quoth he, " I find not many very shy, Of high or low degree.


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