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 "poet": "James McIntyre",
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 "book": "Musings on the Banks of Canadian Thames",
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  "year": 1884,
  "venue": "Musings on the Banks of Canadian Thames (1884)",
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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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    "text": "On grassy amphitheatre,",
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    "text": "Spectators sit to view the war,",
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    "text": "’Mong bold contestants on the plain",
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    "text": "Where each doth strive the prize to gain.",
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    "text": "Come witness the great tug of war,",
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    "text": "And see great hammer thrown afar,",
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    "text": "See running, jumping, highland fling,",
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    "text": "At concert hear the skylark sing.",
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    "text": "And the bagpipes will send thrills,",
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   {
    "text": "Like echoes from the distant hills,",
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   {
    "text": "And the bold sound of the pibroch,",
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    "text": "Which does resound o’er highland loch.",
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    "text": "Young men and maids and fine old dames",
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    "text": "Will gather on the banks of Thames,",
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    "text": "And though we have a tug of war",
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    "text": "’Twill leave no wound or deadly scar.",
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