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Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes / 'Twas on a lofty vase's side, / Where China's gayest art had dyed / The azure flowers, that blow; / Demurest of the tabby kind, / The pensive Selima, reclined, / Gazed on the lake below.
Her conscious tail her joy declared; / The fair round face, the snowy beard, / The velvet of her paws, / Her coat, that with the tortoise vies, / Her ears of jet, and emerald eyes, / She saw; and purred applause.