. Stevenson's workshop . ! 7 vV ? I _i **l •f - • eat j—i~j^~-/ w &**• — r* . I ( > U[a A^-«i- M»(aU ta£ U> *^.^L, 0 a- ^-U^•?/ .aC U tA**-\* ?? C *-*-~-3 >- - -!/?.. ? •, 4r^: . Up «,. 3 i:.. 0U i~e&. In shape it apes, though rather big,The snout of the domestic pig;On either hand—I tell no crammers-Valves like minute piano-hammersGo up and down with every breathTo make a sexton laugh to Facsimile No. 19 may be passed over withbut little comment. It, however, contains afew apparently unpublished lines that areworthy of scrutiny, notably the following:— Royal lad

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. Stevenson's workshop . ! 7 vV ? I _i **l •f - • eat j—i~j^~-/ w &**• — r* . I ( > U[a A^-«i- M»(aU ta£ U> *^.^L, 0 a- ^-U^•?/ .aC U tA**-\* ?? C *-*-~-3 >- - -!/?.. ? •, 4r^: . Up «,. 3 i:.. 0U i~e&. In shape it apes, though rather big,The snout of the domestic pig;On either hand—I tell no crammers-Valves like minute piano-hammersGo up and down with every breathTo make a sexton laugh to Facsimile No. 19 may be passed over withbut little comment. It, however, contains afew apparently unpublished lines that areworthy of scrutiny, notably the following:— Royal ladies are not allFit to kiss a country thrall;Famous bards (no time ago)Sing old songs, unhearkened to:With attention use your eyes,Here2 a proverb buried lies,With old wisdom shining lit,Terse as is the soul of wit. The following lines, more typically Steven-sonian in spirit than in poetic beauty, appear 1 Other lines that are associated with this effusion may beobtained by any reader who will closely examine facsimileNo. 18. 2 Stevenson carelessly wrote Hear, although it is barelypossible to construct a meaning with Hear by mentally in-terpolating which after proverb. [59] at the bot

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