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An old astronomer there was / Who lived up in a tower, / Named Ptolemy Copernicus / Flammarion McGower. / He said: "I can prognosticate / With estimates correct; / And when the skies I contemplate, / I know what to expect. / When dark'ning clouds obscure my sight, / I think perhaps 'twill rain; / And when the stars are shining bright, / I know 'tis clear again. " / And then abstractedly he scanned / The heavens, hour by hour, / Old Ptolemy Copernicus / Flammarion McGower.