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34 lines
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1816
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LINES RHYMED IN A LETTER FROM OXFORD
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by John Keats
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I.
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The Gothic looks solemn,
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The plain Doric column
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Supports an old Bishop and Crosier;
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The mouldering arch,
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Shaded o'er by a larch
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Stands next door to Wilson the Hosier.
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II.
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Vice- that is, by turns,-
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O'er pale faces mourns
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The black tassell'd trencher and common hat;
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The Chantry boy sings,
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The Steeple-bell rings,
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And as for the Chancellor- dominat.
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III.
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There are plenty of trees,
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And plenty of ease,
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And plenty of fat deer for Parsons;
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And when it is venison,
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Short is the benison,-
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Then each on a leg or thigh fastens.
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THE END
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