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A boy who savour'd of his school	A
A double rogue and double fool	A
By youth and by the privilege	B
Which pedants have by ancient right	C
To alter reason and abridge	D
A neighbour robb'd with fingers light	C
Of flowers and fruit This neighbour had	E
Of fruits that make the autumn glad	E
The very best and none but he	F
Each season brought from plant and tree	F
To him its tribute for in spring	G
His was the brightest blossoming	G
One day he saw our hopeful lad	E
Perch'd on the finest tree he had	E
Not only stuffing down the fruit	H
But spoiling like a Vandal brute	H
The buds that play advance courier	I
Of plenty in the coming year	J
The branches too he rudely tore	K
And carried things to such a pass	L
The owner sent his servant o'er	I
To tell the master of his class	L
The latter came and came attended	M
By all the urchins of his school	A
And thus one plunderer's mischief mended	N
By pouring in an orchard full	O
It seems the pedant was intent	P
On making public punishment	Q
To teach his boys the force of law	R
And strike their roguish hearts with awe	S
The use of which he first must show	T
From Virgil and from Cicero	T
And many other ancients noted	M
From whom in their own tongues he quoted	N
So long indeed his lecture lasted	M
While not a single urchin fasted	N
That ere its close their thievish crimes	U
Were multiplied a hundred times	U
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I hate all eloquence and reason	V
Expended plainly out of season	V
Of all the beasts that earth have cursed	W
While they have fed on't	F
The school boy strikes me as the worst	W
Except the pedant	W
The better of these neighbours two	X
For me I'm sure would never do	X

Jean De La Fontaine

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