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TENANCY by ANONYMOUS

First Line: "ONCE ACHAEMENIDES, MENIPPUS NOW"
Last Line: "NO CLAIM BUT FORTUNE'S, I AM HER'S ALONE"

ONCE Achaemenides, Menippus now
Calls me his field and dreams me all his own:
But tenant follows tenant: I allow
No claim but Fortune's, I am her's alone.



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