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 The next employment Edward found Was towing someone's barge. Their cargo weighed full many a pound, And as beside the stream they wound Their burden felt so large That Horace, every hour or so, Said, "Are you sure coal doesn't grow?"

But onward still brave Edward strode And onward trudged his steed; Though leaden grew their lumpy load No signs of giving in they showed Till, all at once, a reed Upset the barge, the cargo sank And left them workless on the bank.