Damn the Solar System. Bad light; planets too distant; pestered with comets; feeble contrivance; could make a better one myself.
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Since the beginning of our critical career, we have seen a vast deal of beautiful poetry pass into oblivion, in spite of our feeble efforts to recall or retain…
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