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Well, the estimable and learned [livejournal.com profile] parrot_knight has sorted it out. The poem turns out to be considerably longer (but the title is shorter!) and it is of British provenance. Also, [livejournal.com profile] azdak was quite right to suggest amending 'smiles' to 'wiles'; that's the authorial reading.

Isn't LJ educational?
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