En l'an trentiesme de mon aage
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ipit sate upright in her chairSome distance from where I was sitting;Views of the Oxford CollegesLay on the table, with the knitting. Daguerreotypes and silhouettes,Her grandfather and great great aunts,Supported on the mantelpieceAn Invitation to the Dance.. . . . . .I shall not want Honour in HeavenFor I shall meet Sir Philip SidneyAnd have talk with CoriolanusAnd other heroes of that kidney. I shall not want Capital in HeavenFor I shall meet Sir Alfred Mond:We two shall lie together, laptIn a five per cent Exchequer Bond. I shall not want Society in Heaven,Lucretia Borgia shall be my Bride;Her anecdotes will be more amusingThan Pipit's experience could provide. I shall not want Pipit in Heaven:Madame Blavatsky will instruct meIn the Seven Sacred Trances;Piccarda de Donati will conduct me. . . . . . . But where is the penny world I boughtTo eat with Pipit behind the screen?The red-eyed scavengers are creepingFrom Kentish Town and Golder's Green;
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