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 "title": "Lines on London",
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 "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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  "sources": [
   "https://archive.org/details/cihm_09542"
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   "https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36068",
   "https://archive.org/details/cihm_11791"
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  "rights": "public domain (SE dedication; underlying text pre-1931)"
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 "verification": {
  "level": "structural-only",
  "last_checked": "2026-08-20"
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    "text": "They once in wilderness did ride",
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   {
    "text": "On beast with horn and shaggy hide⁠—",
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   },
   {
    "text": "A savage goat or unicorn,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "But now parade in uniform;",
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   },
   {
    "text": "As gay as ancient Knight or Lord,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "With their grand plumes, and belt and swords.",
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   }
  ],
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   {
    "text": "Their graceful movements at their drill",
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   },
   {
    "text": "Doth all with admiration fill,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "And the chief glory it was won",
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   },
   {
    "text": "By the encampment of London;",
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   },
   {
    "text": "For they at every tournament",
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   },
   {
    "text": "For drill are the chief ornament.",
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   }
  ],
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   {
    "text": "So skillfully they sword do wield,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "Victorious on every field;",
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   },
   {
    "text": "For victory’s graven on their shield",
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   },
   {
    "text": "Doth make their rivals for to yield;",
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   {
    "text": "Drill companies they out manoeuvre",
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   },
   {
    "text": "From Newfoundland to Vancouver.",
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