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WHERE ART THOU, SOUL OF PER-VERSION? by JAMES CLARENCE MANGAN

Last Line: ANSTER THE BLAND! WHAT THE DEUCE ARE YOU DREAMING OF?

Where art thou , soul of Per- Version?
Where be thy fantasies jinglish?
Why lies intact so much Prussian and Persian?
And whither has fled the phrase, ' Done into English'?


Oh, when translation's so feasible,
Where is the scamp would be scheming off?
Bowring, you sponge, have you ceased to be squeezable?
Anster the Bland, what the deuce are you dreaming of?"






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