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First Line: Pshaw, away with leaf and berry
Last Line: As the best among his works.
Subject(s): Dickens, Charles (1812-1870); Farewell; Sea Voyages; Parting


PSHAW, away with leaf and berry,
And the sober-sided cup!
Bring a goblet, and bright sherry,
And a bumper fill me up!
Though a pledge I had to shiver,
And the longest ever was!
Ere his vessel leaves our river,
I would drink a health to Boz:
Here's success to all his antics,
Since it pleases him to roam,
And to paddle o'er Atlantics,
After such a sale at home!
May he shun all rocks whatever!
And each shallow sand that lurks,
And his passage be as clever
As the best among his works.




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