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[142] sending it. In the mischief of which I was then full to overflowing, I wrote a humorous travesty of Dr. Howe's letter in rhyme, but when I showed it to him, I was grieved to see how much he seemed pained at my frivolity.

Dear Sir, I went south
     As far as Portsmouth,
And found a most charming old woman,
     Delightfully void
Of all that's enjoyed
     By the animal vaguely called human.

She has but one jaw,
     Has teeth like a saw,
Her ears and her eyes I delight in:

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