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THE BOHEMIAN by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR

First Line: BRING ME THE LIVERY OF NO OTHER MAN
Last Line: (COME, WHY NOT DON MY SPANGLED JACKET?)
Subject(s): BOHEMIANS;

BRING me the livery of no other man.
I am my own to robe me at my pleasure.
Accepted rules to me disclose no treasure:
What is the chief who shall my garments plan?
No garb conventional but I'll attack it.
(Come, why not don my spangled jacket?)



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