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THE ALARM, by                    
First Line: What is't, good prying friend, you say?
Last Line: Tis time to be in haste, to live!
Subject(s): Barbers; Clocks; Hair; Old Age; Time


WHAT is't, good prying friend, you say?
A hair or two just turning grey!
Quick, boy! for the next barber send:
This sight my Cloe may offend;
I'll pass for twenty-five no more,
Though I have seen seven lustrums o'er.
Go, tap the oldest cask of wine;
Invite those merry blades to dine;
Bid Arrigoni bring his lute;
And brush my best embroidered suit!
This mighty hurry, friend, forgive;
'Tis time to be in haste, to live!





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