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REVERIE.

AH! how well I can remember,

As the smoke curls upward slowly

From my concha, all aglow,

How I stayed one whole September

In Verona - years ago!

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And the thoughts come quickly flitting,

Like old comrades from afar,

To my mind, as I am sitting

Slowly puffing a cigar.

'T is a very charming city,

Famed for churches and romance,

And the ladies, too, are pretty,

And their manners fit for France!

But 't is not of art I 'm thinking,

Nor the churches, with a sigh,

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