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The Cat.

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OB-SERVE the Cat up-on this page.     Phil-os-o-phers in ev-er-y age,     The ver-y wis-est of the wise,     Have tried her mind to an-a-lyze     In vain, for noth-ing can they learn.     She baf-fles them at ev-er-y turn     Like Mis-ter Ham-let in the play.     She leads their rea-son-ing a-stray;     She feigns an in-ter-est in string     Or yarn or any roll-ing thing.     Un-like the Dog, she does not care     With com-mon Man her thoughts to share.     She teach-es us that in life's walk     'T is bet-ter to let oth-ers talk,     And lis-ten while they say in-stead     The fool-ish things we might have said.

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