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    "text": "Rome! what a scroll of History thine has been;",
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    "text": "In the first days thy sword republican",
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    "text": "Then of the peoples wert thou royal Queen,",
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    "text": "Till in thy streets the bearded Goth was seen;",
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    "text": "When was thy glory! when in search for power",
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    "text": "When pilgrims kneel before the Holy One,",
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