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pity poor Dante
he rides upon a rouncey
Rocinante rears
his inestimable neigh
as fierce as any dray-horse
caught in flagrante
he makes the bouncey-bouncey
inside the pantry
downs ale-jug after ale-jug
shag-hot hobble-de-nag
glimpsed from the gantry
Beatrice minus flounces
a sweetest nose-gay
against the jeers her ear-plugs
white-noise as any Noh-play
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poor Don Qui…
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