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Edgar Allan Poe·1809–1849
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Do tell when shall we make common sense men out of the owl-eyed punditsOut of The Frog-faced stupid old God-born Pundits who lost in a fog-bankStrut about all along shore there somewhere close by the Down EastFrog Duck Pond munching of pea nuts and pumpkins and buried in big-wigsWhy ask who ever yet saw money made out of a fat oldJew or downright upright nutmegs out of a pine-knot