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refrain of yours and listen said
“I say, Baptiste, cease that refrain of yours and listen,” said the man who was eating his supper of pork, and who evidently was at that moment on duty as look-out.
— from Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXVII, No. 5, November 1850 by Various

reason of youth and love stretched
Thus we talked of things that had been and of things that were to be, making many plans for the future, a future which, by reason of youth and love, stretched before each one of us in radiant perspective.
— from Peregrine's Progress by Jeffery Farnol

rest of you are lying soft
I am the dare-devil buccaneer who defies the thunder and sleeps on boards while the rest of you are lying soft in feather-beds.”
— from The Rough Road by William John Locke

rays of youth and love shed
how rolled the tide of Time's swift river back, While the bright rays of youth and love shed lustre on its track!
— from The Knickerbocker, Vol. 22, No. 4, October 1843 by Various

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