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AN IDYL by ANONYMOUS

First Line: HE STANDS BEFORE HIS GLASS IN DOUBT
Last Line: "TO CUT AND SHAVE, OR SHAVE AND CUT"
Subject(s): SHAVING;
HE stands before his glass in doubt;
His beard by night hath sprouted well.
He needs must scrape, -- and yet without
He hears begin the lecture bell.
Too many times he's skipped the course --
He fears its doors on him may shut:
His blade is dull. Now which is worse,
To cut and shave, or shave and cut?



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