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endured such suffering and remorse yet
Never had I endured such suffering and remorse, yet could there have been the faintest doubt when I ran out from my lodging that I should turn back half-way?
— from Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

each stanza such as Raise yō
Thus arose the last lines to each stanza, such asā€” "Raise yō' right foot, kick it up high!
— from Negro Folk Rhymes Wise and Otherwise: With a Study by Thomas Washington Talley

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