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  "venue": "November Boughs (Philadelphia: David McKay, 1888)",
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  "rights": "public domain (SE dedication; underlying text pre-1931)"
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    "text": "Ever the undiscouraged, resolute, struggling soul of man;",
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    "text": "(Have former armies fail’d? then we send fresh armies⁠—and fresh again;)",
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    "text": "Ever the grappled mystery of all earth’s ages old or new;",
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   {
    "text": "Ever the eager eyes, hurrahs, the welcome-clapping hands, the loud applause;",
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    "text": "Ever the soul dissatisfied, curious, unconvinced at last;",
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    "text": "Struggling to-day the same⁠—battling the same.",
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