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'Before I'd be the ruffian dark
 * Who planned this ghastly show,

I'd serve as secretary's clerk
 * To Ayrton or to Lowe.

'Before I'd own the loathly thing
 * That Christ Church Quad reveals,

I'd serve as shoeblack's underling
 * To Odger and to Beales!'