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    "text": "A lesser proof than old Voltaire’s, yet greater,",
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    "text": "Proof of this present time, and thee, thy broad expanse, America,",
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    "text": "To my plain Northern hut, in outside clouds and snow,",
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    "text": "Brought safely for a thousand miles o’er land and tide,",
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    "text": "Some three days since on their own soil live-sprouting,",
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    "text": "Now here their sweetness through my room unfolding,",
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    "text": "A bunch of orange buds by mail from Florida.",
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