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In Madrid, there was a rich man -- and, they say, / That ten times as stupid, as rich, he was too; -- / Whose magnificent mansion made ample display / Of furniture gorgeous and costly and new.
"It vexes me much, that a house so complete," -- / To this wealthy dolt, said a neighbor one day, -- / "Should a Library lack, -- an ornament great, -- / So useful and elegant, too, by the way."