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Where village statesmen talked with looks profound, / Imagination fondly stoops to trace / The parlor splendors of that festive place. / ⋮ / Yes! let the rich deride, the proud disdain, / These simple blessings of the lowly train; / To me more dear, / One native charm than all the gloss of art.
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