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AH!--What should follow slips from my reflection; Whatever follows ne'ertheless may be As à-propos of Hope or Retrospection, As though the lurking thought had followed free. All present life is but an Interjection, An "Oh!" or "Ah!" of Joy or Misery, Or a "Ha! ha!" or "Bah!"--a yawn, or "Pooh!" Of which perhaps the latter is most true.