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THE OLD MAID, THE CAT, AND THE 
MONKEY. 
In the Kent-road there liv’d a Maid, 
This sounds romantical : 
But, reader, do not be afraid, 
She was not young at all. 
Now young maids and old maids, you know, 
Are very different things ; 
The first occasioning much woe, 
And wild imaginings. 
But this good lady was too old 
For flirting and all that, 
So all the tales of love she told, 
Were lavish’d on her cat. 
In former days, indeed, she strove 
For love of man to wed, 
But having fail’d to man her love, 
She master’d it instead. 
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