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How her fingers went when they moved by note Through measures fine, as she marched them o'er The yielding plank of the ivory floor.

How her fingers went when they moved by note Through measures fine, as she marched them o'er The yielding plank of the ivory floor.
Benj. F. Taylor (identity unresolved)

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Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922) (1922 AD)

Printed page 540 · quotation 15 · Benj. F. Taylor · Songs of Yesterday. How the Brook Went to Mill. St. 3.

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