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The First Julep.

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I love the lazy Southern spring,     The way she melts around a chap     And lets the great magnolias fling     Their languid petals in his lap.     I love to travel down half-way     And meet her coming up the earth,     With hurdy-gurdy men who play     And make the children dance for mirth.     But best of all I love to steer     For quiet corners not too far,     Where the first juleps reappear     With fresh green mint behind the bar.     P. S. Perhaps you'll think it queer,     But I do not dislike a hint     To let the juleps disappear     And stick my nose into the mint.

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