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VOORREDE by ARTHUR GUITERMAN

First Line: STEENDAM THE POET (WHOM ALL MEN KNOW)
Last Line: "ROLLICKING LAYS OF THE GOOD OLD TIMES!"
Subject(s): FIDDLES; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; POETRY & POETS; RHYME;

STEENDAM the Poet (whom all men know)
Cuddled his fiddle and poised the bow;
Quoth'a, "True lovers of tales of sprites,
Goblins and phantoms that walk o' nights,
Battles and pirates and pleasant nooks,
Quaint, homely legends from musty books,
Hear! for I carol in lilting rhymes
Rollicking lays of the Good Old Times!"



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