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The Song. But this demands a briefer line,—
A shorter muse, and not the old long Nine;
Long metre answers for a common song,
Though common metre does not answer long.
A shorter muse, and not the old long Nine;
Long metre answers for a common song,
Though common metre does not answer long.
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