| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| The Men of Gotham |
| | | Thomas Love Peacock (1785–1866) |
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| SEAMEN three! what men be ye? | |
| Gotham’s three Wise Men we be. | |
| Whither in your bowl so free? | |
| To rake the moon from out the sea. | |
| The bowl goes trim; the moon doth shine; | 5 |
| And our ballast is old wine: | |
| And your ballast is old wine. | |
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| Who art thou, so fast adrift? | |
| I am he they call Old Care. | |
| Here on board we will thee lift. | 10 |
| No: I may not enter there. | |
| Wherefore so? ’T is Jove’s decree— | |
| In a bowl Care may not be: | |
| In a bowl Care may not be. | |
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| Fear ye not the waves that roll? | 15 |
| No: in charmed bowl we swim. | |
| What the charm that floats the bowl? | |
| Water may not pass the brim. | |
| The bowl goes trim; the moon doth shine; | |
| And our ballast is old wine: | 20 |
| And your ballast is old wine. | |
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