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152 The ridgy sides are black with pitchy store, From stem to stern 't is twice ten inches o'er. The lofty mast, a straight smooth hazel framed, The tackling silk, the Charming Sally named; And, but take heed lest thou divulge the tale,— The lappet of my shirt supplied the sail; An azure ribband for a pendant flies: Now, if thy verse excell, be this the prize. For me at home the careful housewives make, With plums and almonds rich, an ample cake. Smooth is the top, a plain of shining ice, The West its sweetness gives, the East its spice From soft Ionian isles, well known to fame, Ulysses’ once, the luscious currant came. The green transparent citron Spain bestows, And from her golden groves the orange glows. So vast the heaving mass, it scarce has room Within the oven's dark capacious womb;