Poem by William Blake

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I asked my dear friend Orator Prig:
'What's the first part of oratory?' He said: 'A great wig.'
'And what is the second?' Then, dancing a jig
And bowing profoundly, he said: 'A great wig.'
'And what is the third?' Then he snored like a pig,
And, puffing his cheeks out, replied: 'A great wig.'
So if a great panter with questions you push,
'What's the first part of panting?' he'll say 'A pant-brush.'
'And what is the second?' with most modest blush,
He'll smile like a cherub, and say: 'A pant-brush.'
'And what is the third?' he'll bow like a rush,
With a leer in his eye, he'll reply: 'A pant-brush.'
Perhaps this is all a panter can want:
But, look yonder-that house is this house of Rembrandt!

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