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THE ANSWER
Suppose, dear Reader, I should choose,
By old tradition undeterred,
Some hero from the common herd
And ask the public to peruse
By old tradition undeterred,
Some hero from the common herd
And ask the public to peruse
The story of a life that moved
For ever in a midway track,
With little record at the back
Of Vice detected, Virtue proved
For ever in a midway track,
With little record at the back
Of Vice detected, Virtue proved
(As may be thine), were it a thing
To marvel at if in an hour,
Lulled by its soporific power,
I found thee, reader, slumbering?
To marvel at if in an hour,
Lulled by its soporific power,
I found thee, reader, slumbering?
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