STAR TALK

" How is your trade, Aquarius,

This frosty night ? "
" Complaints are many and various
And my feet are cold," says Aquarius,
" There's Venus objects to Dolphin-scales,
And Mars to Crab-spawn found in my pails,
And the pump has frozen to-night,
And the pump has frozen to-night.3'

ROBERT GRAVES

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