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PRETENSION

Pretension is a kind of velvet cloak

I wear to hide my real self from view,

And yet where'er I meet with other folk

I always find they wear this garment too.

Pretension is a kind of golden veil

Behind whose mesh I seek to hide my face,

And yet where'er I go I never fail

To see that others wear it too with grace.