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Closing Rhymes

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While I, from that reed-throated whisperer     Who comes at need, although not now as once     A clear articulation in the air     But inwardly, surmise companions     Beyond the fling of the dull asss hoof,     Ben Jonsons phrase, and find when June is come     At Kyle-na-no under that ancient roof     A sterner conscience and a friendlier home,     I can forgive even that wrong of wrongs,     Those undreamt accidents that have made me     Seeing that Fame has perished this long while     Being but a part of ancient ceremony,     Notorious, till all my priceless things     Are but a post the passing dogs defile.

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