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First Line: Minn, the first of old men
Last Line: With solemnity.


Minn, the first of old men,
Dawn upon his knee,
Tells of his adventures
With solemnity.

Loitering as a toddler
Where the lava flows,
Dipped a little fat leg,
Burned off all his toes.

Bordering on seven --
Bow and arrow wise --
Drew upon a wildcat,
Nearly lost his eyes.

As a youth he dawdled
Where the fishers dwell,
Learned about the globules
Hidden in a shell,

Got himself an oyster,
Pillaged for the pearl.
From a skein of seaweed
Rose a water-girl,

Seized that lustrous globule,
Glided from his side,
Mocked him from a billow:
"Wait another tide."

Minn, the first of old men,
Grieveth o'er the tricks
Played by lava puddles,
Claws the wildcat flicks,

Warns against the mermaids --
Dawn upon his knee --
Talks about disaster
With solemnity.





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