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Says Anderson, Theosophist: / "Among the many that exist / In modern halls, / Some lived in ancient Egypt's clime / And in their childhood saw the prime / Of Karnak's walls."
Ah, Anderson, if that is true / 'T is my conviction, sir, that you / Are one of those / That once resided by the Nile, / Peer to the sacred Crocodile, / Heir to his woes.