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In Britain, after many a day,
The harpers learned this wondrous thing,
And made thereof this pleasant lay,
And named it for the harper-king.
And so of Orfeo I sing:
Good is the lay, and sweet the air;
Thus cometh mirth from sorrowing,—
God grant us all as well to fare.

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