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To His Peculiar Friend Within-Doors

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After R. H.     A strong discomfort in the dress     Dwindling the clothes to nothingness     Saving, for due decorum placed,     A huckaback about the waist,     Or wanton towel-et, whose touch     Haply may spare to chafe o'ermuch:     A languid frame, from head to feet     Prankt in the arduous prickle-heat:     An erring fly, that here and there     Enwraths the crimsoned sufferr:     An upward toe, whose skill enjoys     The slipper's curious equipoise:     A punkah wantoning, whereby     Papers do flow confoundedly:     By such comportment, and th' offence     Of thy fantastic eloquence,     Dost thou, my WILLIAM, make it known     That thou art warm, and best alone.

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