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    "text": "At morning on the garden seat",
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    "text": "I dearly love to drink and eat;",
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    "text": "At morning, in the time of spring.",
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    "text": "In winter honest men retire",
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    "text": "And sup their possets by the fire;",
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    "text": "But when the spring comes round again, you see,",
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    "text": "The garden breakfast pleases me.",
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    "text": "The morning star that melts on high,",
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    "text": "The fires that cleanse the changing sky,",
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    "text": "The dew and perfumes all declare",
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    "text": "It is the hour to banish care.",
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    "text": "The air that smells so new and sweet,",
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    "text": "All put me in the cue to eat.",
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    "text": "A pot at five, a crust at four,",
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    "text": "At half past six a pottle more.",
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