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“You think they are crusaders sent From some infernal clime, To pluck the eyes of sentiment And dock the tail of Rhyme, To crack the voice of Melody And break the legs of Time.”
Provenance
- Source:
- The Music-Grinders.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- b841117b6bb5d39ad71cdb65dd4354037e9a515f8ab4f2f219e4d4154e6e0532
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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