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    "text": "I love to sit alone, and dream,",
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    "text": "And dream, and dream;",
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    "text": "In fancy’s boat to softly glide",
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    "text": "Along some stream",
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    "text": "And crystal bright",
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    "text": "Stand all along the glistening shore:",
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    "text": "A wondrous sight.",
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    "text": "My craft is built of ivory,",
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    "text": "With silver oars,",
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    "text": "The sails are spun of golden threads,",
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    "text": "And priceless stores",
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    "text": "Of precious gems adorn its prow,",
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    "text": "And ’round its mast",
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    "text": "An hundred silken cords are set",
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    "text": "To hold it fast.",
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    "text": "My galley-slaves are sprightly elves",
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    "text": "Who, as they row,",
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    "text": "And as their shining oars they swing",
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    "text": "Them to and fro,",
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    "text": "Keep time to music wafted on",
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    "text": "The scented air,",
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    "text": "Made by the mermaids as they comb",
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    "text": "And I the while lie idly back,",
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