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Rh The serious world will scold and ban,
 * In clamor loud and hard,

To hear Meigs called a Congressman,
 * And Paulding styled a bard;

But, come what may, the man’s in luck
 * Who turns it all to glee,

And laughing, cries, with honest Puck,
 * “Great Lord! what fools ye be.”

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