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 creature, though extremely thin, In shape is almost square; Has many heads, on which ne'er grew One single lock of hair. Yet several of their tribe there are, Whose case you must bewail, Of whom in truth it may be said They’ve neither head nor tail. In purer times, ere vice prevailed, They met with due regard, The wholesome counsels that they With reverence were heard.