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Found 2 from your keywords: author=Gay, John, 1685-1732
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Polly, an opera : being the sequel to The Beggar's Opera now freely adapted b…
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Gay, John, 1685-1732

In perusing the lyrics of this play the reader will be distressed by many graceless irregularities of rhythm. A long apprenticeship to the craft of making words fit music has convinced me that the more precisely they follow the musical pattern the more disagreeable they are to read. I trust that the reader whose ear is offended by a line that is too long or by one that slips away tooflowingly w…

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184727585
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Polly, an opera : being the sequel to The Beggar's Opera now freely adapted b…
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Gay, John, 1685-1732

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