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They called me to the
Window, for
"'Twas Sunset" - Some one
said -
I only saw a Sapphire Farm -
And just a Single Herd -
Of Opal Cattle - feeding far
Opon so vain a Hill -
As even while I looked -
dissolved -
Nor Cattle were - nor Soil -
But in their stead -
Room - a
Sea - displayed -
And Ships - of such a size
As Crew of Mountains -
could afford -
And Decks - to seat the
Skies -
This - too - the Showman
rubbed away -
And when I looked again -
Nor Farm - nor Opal Herd -
was there -
Nor Mediterranean -
No Romance sold unto
Could so enthrall a Man -
As the perusal of
His individual One -
'Tis Fiction's - to dilute to
credibility
plausibility
Our - Romance
Novel. When 'tis small eno'
To compass -
credit - 'Tis'nt true -
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