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Preside, v.
[_]
To guide the action of a deliberative body to a desirable result. In Journalese, to perform upon a musical instrument; as, “He presided at the piccolo.”
[The Headliner, holding the copy in hand]
The Headliner, holding the copy in hand,
Read with a solemn face:
“The music was very uncommonly grand—
The best that was every provided,
For our townsman Brown presided
Read with a solemn face:
“The music was very uncommonly grand—
The best that was every provided,
For our townsman Brown presided
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At the organ with skill and grace.”
The Headliner discontinued to read,
And, spreading the paper down
On the desk, he dashed in at the top of the screed:
“Great playing by President Brown.”
The Headliner discontinued to read,
And, spreading the paper down
On the desk, he dashed in at the top of the screed:
“Great playing by President Brown.”
Orpheus Bowen.
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