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In study of a scholar, sage and mellow, / There dwelt a Rat, -- a devil of a fellow, -- / Who on naught else his hunger would assuage / But prose and verse of many a learned page.
In vain the Cat watched for him night and day; / Her paws she ne'er could put upon a whisker.