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 "id": "james-mcintyre/a-modern-wonder",
 "title": "A Modern Wonder",
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 "subtitle": "Campbell’s Block",
 "poet": "James McIntyre",
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 "language": "en",
 "book": "Musings on the Banks of Canadian Thames",
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  "year": 1884,
  "venue": "Musings on the Banks of Canadian Thames (1884)",
  "note": "First located printing is this volume; an earlier periodical printing has not been established.",
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   "https://archive.org/details/cihm_11791"
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  "rights": "public domain (SE dedication; underlying text pre-1931)"
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  "last_checked": "2026-08-20"
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    "text": "You may look but look in vain",
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   {
    "text": "For stores with such immense pane;",
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   {
    "text": "All other shops they do surpass",
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    "text": "With their enormous lights of glass.",
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    "text": "One night by chance through them we gazed",
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   {
    "text": "But we did quickly stand amazed;",
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   {
    "text": "Three moons they did beauteous glow,",
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   {
    "text": "And gleams so lovely they did throw.",
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   {
    "text": "But a still more wond’rous story:",
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   },
   {
    "text": "Mid day showed three suns in glory;",
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   {
    "text": "At the sight we scarce could gaze,",
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    "text": "So full of brilliancy the rays.",
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    "text": "We had to curtain off the glory;",
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    "text": "If you don’t believe this wond’rous story",
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    "text": "Ask Editor of the Tribune",
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    "text": "About this tale of sun and moon.",
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    "text": "Which did bewilder McIntyre",
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   {
    "text": "Gazing on mighty orbs of fire;",
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   {
    "text": "Eclipsing the electric light",
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   {
    "text": "So brilliant in their glorious might.",
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    "text": "Luminaries no more invade,",
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   {
    "text": "Excluded now by window shade;",
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   {
    "text": "Pray think that this is no intrusion,",
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   {
    "text": "This tale of optical illusion.",
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