A CLEVER IMPROPTU.
A student once remarking in company that he could make an impromptu rhyme upon any words that might be given to him, was requested to try his powers on " di do dum," whereupon he gave the following When Dido's lover wou'd not to Dido come, Dido sat moping and was Dido dumb,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 841, 3 December 1881, Page 1 (Supplement)
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55A CLEVER IMPROPTU. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 841, 3 December 1881, Page 1 (Supplement)
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