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    "text": "“What do you make so fair and bright?”",
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    "text": "“I make the cloak of Sorrow:",
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    "text": "O, lovely to see in all men’s sight",
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    "text": "Shall be the cloak of Sorrow,",
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    "text": "In all men’s sight.”",
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    "text": "“What do you build with sails for flight?”",
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    "text": "“I build a boat for Sorrow,",
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    "text": "O, swift on the seas all day and night",
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    "text": "Saileth the rover Sorrow,",
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    "text": "“What do you weave with wool so white?”",
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    "text": "“I weave the shoes of Sorrow,",
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    "text": "Soundless shall be the footfall light",
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    "text": "In all men’s ears of Sorrow,",
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