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For it stirs the blood in an old man's heart; And makes his pulses fly, To catch — Nathaniel Parker Willis

For it stirs the blood in an old man's heart; And makes his pulses fly, To catch the thrill of a happy voice, And the light of a pleasant eye.

Nathaniel Parker Willis

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