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Now Night Descending, The Proud Scene Was O'er, But Lived In Settle's Numbers One Day More.
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Now night descending, the proud scene was o'er,
But lived in Settle's numbers one day more.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
-- The Dunciad, Book i, Line 89
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