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   {
    "text": "The Senate woke; the Chairman’s snore",
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    "text": "Was stilled, its echoes balking;",
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    "text": "The startled members dreamed no more,",
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    "text": "For Steele, who long had held the floor,",
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    "text": "As, like Elijah, in his pride,",
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    "text": "He to his seat was passing,",
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   {
    "text": "“Go up thou baldhead!” Reddy cried,",
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    "text": "Then six fierce bears ensued and tried",
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    "text": "Two seized his legs, and one his head,",
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    "text": "The fourth his trunk, to munch on;",
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    "text": "The fifth preferred an arm instead;",
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    "text": "The last, with rueful visage, said:",
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    "text": "“Pray what have I for luncheon?”",
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    "text": "Then to that disappointed bear",
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    "text": "Said Steele, serene and chipper,",
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    "text": "“My friend, you shall not lack your share:",
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    "text": "Look in the Treasury, and there",
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    "text": "You’ll find his other flipper.”",
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