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Alas for ambition's possessor! / Alas for the famous and proud! / The Isle of Manhattan's best dresser / Is wearing a hand-me-down shroud.
The world has forgotten his glory; / The wagoner sings on his wain, / And Chauncey Depew tells a story, / And jackasses laugh in the lane.