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Though pleas'd to see the dolphins play, I mind my compass and my way.
Though pleas'd to see the dolphins play, I mind my compass and my way.
Approximate author period: c. 1716 AD · early modern
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- Matthew Green
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- Approximate author period: c. 1716 AD · early modern
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