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See his epistle extant yet, wherewith

"Henri" in verse and "Charles" in prose he sent

To do her suit and service! Here 's the pith

Of half a dozen stanzas—stones which went

To build that simulated monolith—

Sham love in due degree with homage blent

As sham—which in the vast of volumes scares

The traveller still: "That stucco-heap—Voltaire's?"

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