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PROLOGUE by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON

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First Line: AT THE SIGN OF THE LYRE'
Last Line: THE WORLD IS BEFORE YOU!

'Autant ici qu'ailleurs'

'At the Sign of the Lyre,'
Good Folk, we present you
With the pick of our quire --
And we hope to content you!

Here be Ballad and Song,
The fruits of our leisure,
Some short and some long, --
May they all give you pleasure!

But if, when you read,
They should fail to restore you,
Farewell, and God-speed --
The world is before you!



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