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How pure the joy, when first my hands unfold
The small, rare volume, black with tarnished gold!

— John Ferriar

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Now cheaply bought for thrice their weight in gold.

The princeps copy, clad in blue and gold.

Torn from their destined page (unworthy meed
Of knightly counsel and heroic deed).

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