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60 And Iron and Steel expressed surprise, The needles opened their well drilled eyes, The pen-knives felt "shut up," no doubt, The scissors declared themselves "cut out," The kettles they boiled with rage, 'tis said. While every nail went off its head, And hither and thither began to roam, Till a hammer came up—and drove it home,
 * While this magnetic
 * Peripatetic
 * Lover he lived to learn,
 * By no endeavour.
 * Can Magnet ever
 * Attract a Silver Churn!