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endured more placidly than even Dave
Joey, now unimpressionable, endured more placidly than even Dave Burge.
— from Tales of Mean Streets by Arthur Morrison

Elenor Murrays put the emperor down
And if a mattoid emperor caused the war, And Elenor Murrays put the emperor down, The emperor, could he laugh at all, can laugh To see a country, bent to spend its last Dollar, its blood to the last drop, having spent Enough of these, go mad as Barrett Bays.
— from Domesday Book by Edgar Lee Masters

Every marble pillar tall Every door
I have fashioned it for thee, Every room and pictured wall; Every marble pillar tall, Every door and window-place; All were done that thy fair face Might look kindlier on me.
— from Matins by Francis Sherman

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