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PROSE OR VERSE?
Prose or Verse—or Verse or Prose?
Ever thus the query goes,—
Which delight do we prefer—
Which the finer—daintier?
Ever thus the query goes,—
Which delight do we prefer—
Which the finer—daintier?
Each incites a zest that grows—
Prose or Verse—or Verse or Prose?—
Each a lotus-eater's spell
Wholly irresistible.
Prose or Verse—or Verse or Prose?—
Each a lotus-eater's spell
Wholly irresistible.
All that wit may fashion, free-
Voiced, or piped in melody,—
Prose or Verse—or Verse or Prose—
Which of these the mastery knows?
Voiced, or piped in melody,—
Prose or Verse—or Verse or Prose—
Which of these the mastery knows?
'Twere as wise to question, friend—
As of this alluring blend,—
The aroma or the rose?—
Prose or Verse—or Verse or Prose?
As of this alluring blend,—
The aroma or the rose?—
Prose or Verse—or Verse or Prose?
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