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A Woman Killed... - contractions expanded
0010010I COME BUT LIKE A HARBINGER, BEING SENT
0010020TO TELL YOU WHAT THESE PREPARATIONS MEAN:
0010030LOOK FOR NO GLORIOUS STATE, OUR MUSE IS BENT
0010040UPON A BARREN SUBJECT, A BARE SCENE.
0010050WE COULD AFFORD THIS TWIG A TIMBER-TREE,
0010060WHOSE STRENGTH MIGHT BOLDLY ON YOUR FAVOURS BUILD;
0010070OUR RUSSET, TISSUE; DRONE, A HONEY-BEE;
0010080OUR BARREN PLOT, A LARGE AND SPACIOUS FIELD;
0010090OUR COARSE FARE, BANQUETS; OUR THIN WATER, WINE;
0010100OUR BROOK, A SEA; OUR BAT'S EYES, EAGLE'S SIGHT;
0010110OUR POET'S DULL AND EARTHY MUSE, DIVINE;
0010120OUR RAVENS, DOVES; OUR CROW'S BLACK FEATHERS, WHITE. . . .
