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_Who chewed bits of String, and was early cut off in Dreadful Agonies._
The Chief Defect of Henry King / Was chewing little bits of String.
At last he swallowed some which tied / Itself in ugly Knots inside.
Physicians of the Utmost Fame / Were called at once; but when they came / They answered, as they took their Fees, / "There is no Cure for this Disease.
Henry will very soon be dead."
His Parents stood about his Bed / Lamenting his Untimely Death, / When Henry, with his Latest Breath, / Cried -- / "Oh, my Friends, be warned by me, / That Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch and Tea / Are all the Human Frame requires."
With that the Wretched Child expires.