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"We are citizens of two fair cities," said the Genoese gentleman to a Florentine artist, "and if I were not a Genoese, I should wish to be Florentine. " "And I," replied the artist, "if I were not Florentine"-"You would wish to be Genoese," said the other. "No," replied the artist, "I should wish to be Florentine. "
The rocky nook with hill-tops three / Looked eastward from the farms, / And twice each day the flowing sea / Took Boston in its arms.