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a dainty little cot

Begirt about with roses,

Standing in a shady spot

Amid most verdant closes.

The door was bolted, locked and barred,

All entrance was denied there,

They vainly sought to force the ward

Who tried before I tried there.

They tried with gold and silver keys,

With vows and protestations,

They summoned every art to please,

Exotics of all nations.

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