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IN A GARRET by HERMAN MELVILLE

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First Line: GEMS AND JEWELS LET THEM HEAP
Last Line: ONE DRIPPING TROPHY!

Gems and jewels let them heap --
Wax sumptuous as the Sophi:
For me, to grapple from Art's deep
One dripping trophy!




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