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 ''And so go on from day to day  Getting a little fatter. I shook him well from side to side,  Until his face was blue, 'Come, tell me how you live,' I cried,   'And what it is you do!'''

"He said, 'I hunt for haddocks' eyes  Among the heather bright, And work them into waistcoat-buttons   In the silent night. And these I do not sell for gold   Or coin of silvery shine, But for a copper halfpenny,   And that will purchase nine.

"'I sometimes dig for buttered rolls,  Or set limed twigs for crabs; I sometimes search the grassy knolls   For wheels of Hansom-cabs. And that's the way' (he gave a wink)   'By which I get my wealth— And very gladly will I drink   Your Honor's noble health.

"I heard him then, for I had just Completed my design To keep the Menai bridge from rust  By boiling it in wine.