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I CAN'T ABEAR by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE

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First Line: I CAN'T ABEAR A BUTCHER
Last Line: THAT UGLIEST OF SIGHTS!
I can't abear a Butcher,
I can't abide his meat,
The ugliest shop of all is his,
The ugliest in the street;
Bakers' are warm, cobblers' dark,
Chemists' burn watery lights;
But oh, the sawdust butcher's shop,
That ugliest of sights!



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