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THE CRIMSON BREAKFAST.

REPORTED BY OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.

What you have bought before.

Perchance you 're dozing by the fire;

A wretch drags in a book,

To come in parts, and twice a month,

And begs you 'll take a look;

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You see he is too big to kick,

And so you bite the hook.

You 're smoking your last cigarette;

A classmate "just drops in,"

And makes some foul old joke about

Relieving you of tin;

Then takes out his subscription book

To bleed you, with a grin.

No! pay the Poco if he'll take

Your last old coat away;

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