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When I was a boy at college, / Filling up with classic knowledge, / Frequently I wondered why / Old Professor Demas Bently / Used to praise so eloquently / "Opera Horatii."
Toiling on a season longer / Till my reasoning power got stronger, / As my observation grew, / I became convinced that mellow, / Massic-loving poet fellow / Horace knew a thing or two