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The Bard, at times / Is stumped for rhymes, / Without the least excuse. / He can defy / Such moments by / Abbreviation's use, / And gain the grat: / Of friend or neighb: / Without an at: / Of extra lab:
So simp: a rule / May seem pecul: / And make the crit: indig: / What matter if / The scans: is diff: / The meaning too ambig: ? / The net result, / Lacon: and punct: / Is worth a mult: / Of needless unct: