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Magi Gothamenses.
by Jacob BigelowThree wise men of Gotham
Went to sea in a bowl.
If the bowl had been stronger,
My song had been longer.
Tres magi Gothamenses
In scypho mare tranant
Si cymba secura,
Canenda sint plura.
Cives tres docti Gothamenses 'quora verrunt,
Crater et fragilis corpora obesa vehit.
Mox en tempestas, surguntque ad sidera fluctus.
Musa dolens casum nunc memorare nequit.