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Ay, thou varlet! Laugh away!
All the world's a holiday!
Laugh away, and roar and shout / Till thy hoarse tongue lolleth out!
Bloat thy cheeks, and bulge thine eyes / Unto bursting; pelt thy thighs / With thy swollen palms, and roar / As thou never hast before!
Lustier! Wilt thou! Peal on peal!
Stiflest? Squat and grind thy heel -- / Wrestle with thy loins, and then / Wheeze thee whiles, and whoop again!