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 "title": "Caledonia Springs, New York",
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 "poet": "James McIntyre",
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    "text": "The water spouts up from the ground",
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    "text": "And there doth form a pond around,",
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    "text": "’Tis fed from no apparent rills,",
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    "text": "And it near by drives several mills.",
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    "text": "And here the little ponds are seen",
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    "text": "Where fish are propagate by Green,",
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    "text": "Fish hatcheries here had their birth,",
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    "text": "And now they’re spread o’er all the earth.",
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    "text": "Here in each pond thousands of trout",
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    "text": "Rush around their circular route,",
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    "text": "Of various breeds, age and size,",
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    "text": "Speckled o’er with various dyes.",
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    "text": "Geologists do gaze with pride",
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    "text": "On specimens all petrified,",
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    "text": "Here church is built of those rare stone,",
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    "text": "Fish, reptiles, birds, in days bygone.",
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    "text": "Strange thoughts in mind it doth awake,",
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    "text": "As it is far from sea and lake,",
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    "text": "Even the hill tops do abound",
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    "text": "With proofs here flowed the sea profound.",
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    "text": "With reverence we gaze around",
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    "text": "On an ancient burial ground,",
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    "text": "Those who once did tread the heather",
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    "text": "Now rest quietly here together.",
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