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title: "We are talking over telephones, as Shakespeare could not talk; We are… — James Branch Cabell Quote #26 | QuotesBy.net"
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> # We are talking over telephones, as Shakespeare could not talk; We are riding out in motor-cars where Homer had to walk; And pictures Dante labored on of mediaeval Hell The nearest cinematograph paints quicker, and as well. But ye copy, copy always; - and ye marvel when ye find This new beauty, that new meaning, - while a model stands behind, Waiting, young and fair as ever, till some singer turn and trace Something of the deathless wonder of life lived in any place. Hey, my masters, turn from piddling to the turmoil and the strife! Cease from sonneting, my brothers; let us fashion songs from life.

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