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HOPEFUL HAWKINS
Hawkins wasn't in the swim at all in Dingo Flat,

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TIMBERLAND
Tell you tales of pleasant cities, where processions never ending

75

WEARY
Oh, I'm sick of the whole darned human race,

78

HYMN OF FUTILITY
Lord, Thou hast given unto us a land

80

A SONG OF RAIN
Because a little vagrant wind veered south from China Sea;

85

THE BORE
Ah, prithee, friend, if thou hast aught

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THE CULTURED CONSTABLE
Five nights agone I lay at rest

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MY POOR RELATION
I have a poor relation, but

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THE BOON OF DISCONTENT
Once an anthropoidal ape

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