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On my face extended flat
I was walloped with a cat
For listening at the key-hole of the door.

Sir William Schwenck Gilbert

Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911), British parodist, librettist. The Story of Prince Agib (l. 68–70).

NOBL. Faber Book of Comic Verse, The. Michael Roberts and Janet Adam Smith, eds. (Rev. ed., 1974; paperback 1978) Faber and Faber.

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