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33:. First published in 1915, it is in the public domain.
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402:Anecdote of the Prince of Peacocks
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276:Hibiscus on the Sleeping Shores
54: None of them are strange,
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451:The Emperor of Ice-Cream
444:Depression Before Spring
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318:O Florida, Venereal Soil
255:Metaphors of a Magnifico
56: With socks of lace
241:Le Monocle de Mon Oncle
185:Invective Against Swans
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654:The Death of a Soldier
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