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CONFIRMATION by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR

First Line: HE WAS A POET WHO WROTE CLEVER VERSES
Last Line: BY LETTING THE STRENGTH OF HIS ARM GO TO WAIST.
Subject(s): POETRY & POETS;
He was a poet who wrote clever verses,
And folks said he had fine poetical taste;
But his father, a practical farmer, accused him
Of letting the strength of his arm go to waste.

He called on his sweetheart each Saturday evening,
As pretty a maiden as man ever faced,
And there he confirmed the old man's accusation
By letting the strength of his arm go to waist.



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