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EFFECTS OF EXAMINATION.

Our spring poet, having passed all his annuals, gives way to his exuberance of spirits as follows :

I.Miss Susan McSnagg was a charming young girl,

In the far Western States was her home;

But now she had made the grand tour in a whirl

And was spending the winter in Rome.

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II.Her American manners were curious and free,

Quite too live for the foreigners' tone,

And this was the worst of the faults they could see -

That she walked on the streets all alone.

III.The fact was soon marked by the jeunesse doree,

Who watched for her when she came out,

And not only stared in a rather rude way,

But dared to pursue her about.

IV.Miss Susan with this felt at least slightly bored,

And, stopping one pleased youth, she said;

"Here, take this small money, I well can afford

To help a poor beggar." They fled. L.

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