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that more than of the few of its best ideas are mine.
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At our time of life, ayrs,
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a man has no right to such daring ideas.
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I suppose I've won a rearguard
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action or two in my war against decrepitude.
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Diner of pheasant with Bordeaux rich as buttercream.
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How I love to listen to men of distinguished lives,
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sing of past follies and glories.
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The only broken note in the entire evening
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was Ayrs wife, Jocasta,
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excusing herself early.
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Sensed the buried bone.