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To Paradise, the Arabs say, Satan could never find the way Until the peacock led him in.
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It was the noise Of ancient trees falling while all was still Before the storm, in the long interval Between the gathering clouds and that light breeze Which Germans call the Wind's bride.
Charles Godfrey Leland
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They saw a Dream of Loveliness descending from the train.
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If all the world must see the worldAs the world the world hath seen,Then it were better for the worldThat the world had never been.
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Hans Breitmann gife a barty-Where ish dat barty now?
Charles Godfrey Leland -
The brave deserve the lovely - every woman may be won.
Charles Godfrey Leland