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PITCH O' PINE SONNETSL 3. CLEM'S FOOL, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Clem told the 'squire that ben was growing strong
Last Line: Sore stabbed the 'squire, -- 'twas clem the burden bore.
Subject(s): Children; Geese; Hens; Physicians; Childhood; Doctors


Clem told the 'Squire that Ben was growing strong
In body, strangely so, considering his years.
Ben's mind, Clem said, was full of quirks and fears
And worked in grooves untenable of right or wrong;
Clem said, hard as it hurt, Ben did belong
Where doctors could attend to his arrears
Of common sense; away from tease and sneers
Of children and grown-ups, prodding tongue and tong.
The 'Squire loud laughed at Clem, and said that he
Thought Ben was just a fool, and nothing more:
Ben's setting Clem's old barn on fire to see
The hens and geese run squawking through the door,
Was but a joke. When Ben, amuck, at Susan's Bee
Sore stabbed the 'Squire, -- 'twas Clem the burden bore.





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