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No one ever saw it Till I dug it from the ground; I found it when I lost it, And lost it when I found: I washed it, and dressed it, And buried it once more— Dug it up, and loved it then Better than before. I was paid for finding it— I don’t know why or how,— But I lost, found, and kept it, And haven’t got it now.