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    "text": "“O son of mine age, these eyes lose their fire:",
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    "text": "“Because they’ve thrown up their hands until, O,",
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    "text": "They’re so tired!⁠—and dinners they’ve none to throw.”",
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    "text": "“He’s thanking them, father, with tears in his eyes,",
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    "text": "“My memory fails as I near mine end;",
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