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said Elfinan, "thou may'st
 * Have Nantz, with which my morning-coffee's laced."
 * "I'll have a glass of Nantz, then,"—said the Seer,—
 * "Made racy—(sure my boldness is misplaced!)—
 * With the third part—(yet that is drinking dear!)—

Of the least drop of créme de citron crystal clear."


 * My Bertha!" "Bertha! Bertha!" cried the sage,
 * "I know a many Berthas!" "Mine's above
 * All Berthas!" sighed the Emperor. "I engage,"
 * Said Hum, "in duty, and in vassalage,
 * To mention all the Berthas in the earth;—
 * There's Bertha Watson,—and Miss Bertha Page,—
 * This famed for languid eyes, and that for mirth,—

There's Bertha Blount of York,—and Bertha Knox of Perth."


 * "Your Majesty's in love with some fine girl
 * Named Bertha; but her surname will not come.
 * Without a little conjuring." "'Tis Pearl,
 * 'Tis Bertha Pearl! What makes my brains so whirl?
 * And she is softer, fairer than her name!"
 * "Where does she live?" ask'd Hum. "Her fair locks curl
 * So brightly, they put all our fays to shame!—

Live!—O' at Canterbury, with her old grand-dame."