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Canto the Third

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A monkey, a Dutch mastiff, a mackaw,
     Two parrots, with a Persian cat and kittens,
He chose from several animals he saw-
     A terrier, too, which once had been a Briton's,
Who dying on the coast of Ithaca,
     The peasants gave the poor dumb thing a pittance;
These to secure in this strong blowing weather,
He caged in one huge hamper altogether.

George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron (1788-1824)
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