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Lord Uncle Tom was different from / What other nobles are.
For they are yellow or pink, I think, / But he was black as tar.
He had his Father's debonair / And rather easy pride: / But his complexion and his hair
Were from the mother's side.
He often mingled in debate / And latterly displayed
Experience of peculiar weight / Upon the Cocoa-trade.
But now He speaks no more. The BILL / Which he could not abide, / It preyed upon his mind until / He sickened, paled, and died.