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The grass beneath his feet.= And white and withered was his hair, `And white and wan his face; I'd rather not have ipet the pair `In such a lonely place.= I thought misfortune's heavy hand `Had done what it could do; Despair seemed branded on the man, `And on the dingo too.= A hungry look that dingo wore-- `He must have wanted prog-- I think I never saw before `So lean and lank a dog.= I said--"Old man, I fear that you `Are down upon your luck; You very much resemble, too, `A pig that has been stuck."=
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