English poem
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by Bret Harte
"Such is my son! Elsewhere perhaps 'twere wise Trial competitive should guide your choice. There are some people I can well surmise Themselves must show their merits. History's voice Spares me that trouble: all desert that lies In yonder ancestor of Queen Anne's day, Or yon grave Governor, is all my boy's,-- Reverts to him; entailed, as one might say; In brief, result in Winthrop Adams Grey!"