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XXI.
Good friend, so worthlessly com
plete
,
1
So deftly small, so roundly
neat
,
2
The puniest apple being
ripe
3
Will ne’er exceed that pigmy
type
;
4
But the ripe crab is worst of
all
—
5
At once full-grown, and sour, and
small
.
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