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WHY do you harbour that great cheval-glass / Filling up your narrow room? / You never preen or plume, / Or look in a week at your full-length figure- / Picture of bachelor gloom!
"Well, when I dwelt in ancient England, / Renting the valley farm, / Thoughtless of all heart-harm, / I used to gaze at the parson's daughter, / A creature of nameless charm.