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LONG, LONG HENCE.

AFTER a long, long course, hundreds of years, denials,

Accumulations, rous'd love and joy and thought,

Hopes, wishes, aspirations, ponderings, victories, myriads of
readers,

Coating, compassing, covering—after ages' and ages' encrus-
tations,

Then only may these songs reach fruition.

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