Such Sights As Youthful Poets Dream On Summer Eves By Haunted Stream.

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Such sights as youthful poets dream
On summer eves by haunted stream.
Then to the well-trod stage anon,
If Jonson's learned sock be on,
Or sweetest Shakespeare, Fancy's child,
Warble his native wood-notes wild.
-- John Milton (1608-1674)
-- L'Allegro, Line 129

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