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To Cicero
Cicero, O Cicero, you’re a queer frienci for me!
I like you, yet I hate you; From you I can’t be free.
I like your stern invective;
I like your stirring plea;
1 hate your way of putting things,—
Too twined about for me 1
1 have to read your -speeches.
Thirty lines a day;
1 have to keep a copy
Of everything you say.
1 hate to be tied down to you
Throughout a busy year.
But still I’m glad I’ve had to learn
About you, Marcus dear.
You know how to make a sentence
That is systematic, quite;
And when it comes to “ dicer” -ing
You’re really out of sight.
You’ve said some things that give a proof That you could lay a claim
IT have a copy of your head
Placed in the Hall of Fame. I like you and I hate you.
And T begin to see
That do your worst or do your best.
You’re a queer friend for me I
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