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mp

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note,

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note,
B.

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note,

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10

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the reed

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&b
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her

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b

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more:

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more:

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17

all
p

joys;

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last,

well

eyes;

all

joys;

death,

Fare - well,

all

joys;

well

all

joys;

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mine

geese than swans

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now

swans

eyes; more geese than

more geese

than

sung

no

geese than swans

live, more

come

death come close

mine

now

live,

than wise, than

now live,

more

fools

than

swans now

live; more fools

b
live,

pp

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w

more fools than wise.

pp

swans now

.
fools

come close mine

death,

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b
&b
close mine eyes;
n
?
b
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and

death,

no

joys,

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sung

all

well,

no

sung

come close
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no

eyes;

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more, and

& b .

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death, come close mine eyes;

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more:
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first

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and

sung

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last,

and

more:
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first

her

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sung

shore,

- y shore,

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shore,

- y shore,

& b .

A.

B.

U
w

wise.
pp

U
w

wise.
pp

U
w

than

more

fools

than

wise.
pp

U
w

wise.