XII

—‘Take it,’ says she, ‘it’s all I’ve got’:

I remember a girl in London streets:

She stood by a coffee-stall, nice and hot,

My belly was like a lamb that bleats.

Says I to myself, as her shilling I seized,

You haven’t a character here, my dear!

But for making a rascal like me so pleased,

I’ll give you one, in a better sphere!

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