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"He also serves who only stands and waits! " / My hero does all three, and even more. / Bearing a dozen food-congested plates, / With silent tread (altho' his feet are sore), / He swiftly skates across the parquet floor. / None can afford completely to ignore him, / Because, of course, he "carries all before him!"
Endowed with some of Cinquevalli's charm, / He poises plate on plate, and never swerves; / Two in each hand, three more up either arm, -- / A feat of balancing which tries the nerves / Of the least timid customer he serves. / So firm his carriage, and his gait so stable, / He is the Blondin of the dinner-table.