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But should you lure From his dark haunt, beneath the tangled roots Of pendent trees, the Monarch of the brook, Behoves you then to ply your finest art.
But should you lure From his dark haunt, beneath the tangled roots Of pendent trees, the Monarch of the brook, Behoves you then to ply your finest art.
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- Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922) (1922 AD)
Printed page 29 · quotation 15 · Thomson · The Seasons. Spring. L. 420.
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