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BROTHER JACK, FR. THE PIAZZA TALES by HERMAN MELVILLE

Poet Analysis

First Line: OH BROTHER JACK, AS YOU PASS BY
Last Line: HERE I BEE -- TUCKED IN WITH CLINKERS.

Oh Brother Jack, as you pass by
As you are now, so once was I.
Just so game and just so gay,
But now, alack, they've stopped my pay.
No more I peep out of my blinkers,
Here I bee -- tucked in with clinkers.



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