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His Memory

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Besides my little son's imagination,     Another thing he has appeals to me     And agitates my envious admiration -     It's his accommodating memory.     An instant after some unlucky stumble     Has floored him and induced a howl of pain,     He's clean forgotten all about his tumble     And violently sets out to romp again.     But if, when I leave home, I say that maybe     I'll get him something nice while I'm away,     It's very safe to bet that Mr. Baby     Will not forget, though I be gone all day.     Ah, would I might lose sight of things unpleasant:     The bills I owe; the work I haven't done.     And only think of future joys and present,     Like the approaching payday, and my son.

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