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Excerpt from Poetical Works
I fear, however, I have overstepped the proper bounds of a Preface, and almost wandered into an essay but, as I felt the strong necessity of saying something to induce a considerate forbearance as to the poetic half of my songs, I could not say less, having once touched upon the subject. The motive that urged me has at least.
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