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188 And I said "This is scrumptious!"—a phrase I had learned from the Devonshire shrimpers.


 * And I vowed Twill be said
 * I'm a fortunate fellow,
 * When the breakfast is spread,
 * When the topers are mellow,

When the foam of the bride-cake is white, and the fierce orange-blossoms are yellow!"


 * O that languishing yawn!
 * O those eloquent eyes!
 * I was drunk with the dawn
 * Of a splendid surmise—

I was stung by a look, I was slain by a tear, by a tempest of sighs.


 * And I whispered Tis time!
 * Is not Love at its deepest?
 * Shall we squander Life's prime,
 * While thou waitest and weepest?

Let us settle it, License or Banns?—though undoubtedly Banns are the cheapest."