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<h2>1</h2>

<p><b>Blast</b> first <small>(from politeness)</small> <b>England</b></p>
<p><b>Curse its climate for its sins and infections</b></p>
<p><b>Dismal symbol,</b> <span><b>set</b> round our bodies of effeminate lout within.</span></p>
<p><b>Victorian vampire,</b> <span>the <b>London</b> cloud sucks the <b>town’s</b> heart.</span></p>
<p>A <b>1000 mile long</b>, 2 <b>kilometer</b> deep <b>body of water</b> even, is pushed against us from the Floridas, <strong>to make us mild</strong>.</p>
<p><b>Officious mountains</b> keep back <b>drastic winds</b></p>
<p><strong>So much vast machinery to produce</strong></p>
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	<li>
		<p>The curate <small>of “Eltham”</small></p>
	</li>
	<li>
		<p>Brittanic æsthete</p>
	</li>
	<li>
		<p>With nature crank</p>
	</li>
	<li>
		<p>Domesticated policeman</p>
	</li>
	<li>
		<p>London Coliseum socialist-playwright</p>
	</li>
	<li>
		<p>Daly’s musical comedy</p>
	</li>
	<li>
		<p>Gaiety chorus girl</p>
	</li>
	<li>
		<p>Tonks</p>
	</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Curse</strong> <em>the flabby sky that can manufacture no snow,</em> but can only drop the sea on us in a drizzle like a poem by <abbr>Mr.</abbr> Robert Bridges.</p>
<p><strong>Curse</strong> the lazy air that cannot stiffen the back of the <b>Serpentine</b>, or put Aquatic steel half way down the <b>Manchester Canal</b>.</p>
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<p>But ten years ago we saw distinctly both snow and ice here.</p>
<p>May some vulgarly inventive, but useful person, arise, and restore us to the necessary blizzards.</p>
<p><b>Let us once more wear the ermine of the north.</b></p>
<p><b><strong>We believe</strong> in the existence of this <strong>useful little chemist</strong> in our midst!</b></p>

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