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THE LADY MADELINE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The god omniscient, when the world was new
Last Line: To try to play her on the violin.


The God omniscient, when the world was new,
Began to plan the Lady Madeline;
Ten million years, with ages vast between,
He labored joyfully, nor stopped to view
His myriad planets in their orbits true
Except to note, in all His wide demesne,
A heaven-side sunset with its golden sheen --
He had before Him what He was to do!

From her trim ankle to her fluffy crown
He gave to her a texture like the brain;
And of her mind and spirit, their renown
To express, all forms of human speech are vain.
Were I a music master, I'd begin
To try to play her on the violin.





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