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Nice one, Gail. I gave up on that book since I couldn't find rhymes for Quilp. So I had to find another. Pity about the greenery/scenery rhyme.
I tried tom get 'beanery' in, but I couldn't.



London shows us the usual scenery –
Foggy streets and an absence of greenery.
But Paris is worse.
It's under a curse
And heads are chopped off by machinery.

The English, like Cruncher and Lorry,
Say 'Please!' and 'Beg pardon!' and 'Sorry!'
But in Paris each peasant
Is rude and unpleasant –
A typical French category.

The plot's the most terrible tosh
Concerning the trials of the posh.
The background and style
Dickens pinched from Carlyle.
He says no, but it just doesn't wash.
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