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Tis true, my form is something oddbut blaming me, is blaming God,Could I create myself anewI would not fail in pleasing you.
This is a rhyme used in Merrick's sideshow pamphlet, and which he is said to have often quoted, followed by the lines: If I could reach from pole to poleor grasp the ocean with a span,I would be measured by the soulThe mind's the standard of the Man.These lines are from "False Greatness" by Isaac Watts, first published in Horae Lyricae (1706) Bk. II | ||
