Fugitive Poetry. 1600–1878/Grammatical Tautology

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Grammatical Tautology.
I'll prove the word that I have made my themeIs that that may be doubled without blame;And that that that, thus trebled, I may use,And that that that that critics may abuseMay be correct. Farther—the dons to bother—Five thats may closely follow one another!For be it known, that we may safely writeOr say, that that that that that man writ was right:—Nay, e'en, that that that that that that followedThrough six repeats, the Grammar's rule has hallowed;And that that that (that that that that began)Repeated seven times is right!—Deny't who can.

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