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Lyrics of Lowly Life.

RETORT.


"THOU art a fool," said my head to my  heart,"Indeed, the greatest of fools thou art,  To be led astray by the trick of a tress, By a smiling face or a ribbon smart;"  And my heart was in sore distress.
Then Phyllis came by, and her face was fair, The light gleamed soft on her raven hair;  And her lips were blooming a rosy red. Then my heart spoke out with a right bold air:  "Thou art worse than a fool, O head!"

ACCOUNTABILITY.


FOLKS ain't got no right to censuah othah  folks about dey habits; Him dat giv' de squir'ls de bushtails made de  bobtails fu' de rabbits.

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