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First Line: Ay, thou varlet! Laugh away!
Last Line: Wheeze thee whiles, and whoop again!
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Laughter


AY, thou varlet! Laugh away!
All the world's a holiday!
Laugh away, and roar and shout
Till thy hoarse tongue lolleth out!
Bloat thy cheeks, and bulge thine eyes
Unto bursting; pelt thy thighs
With thy swollen palms, and roar
As thou never hast before!
Lustier! wilt thou! peal on peal!
Stiflest? Squat and grind thy heel --
Wrestle with thy loins, and then
Wheeze thee whiles, and whoop again!





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