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Old 12-16-2007, 10:09 AM   #1
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L'Allegro and II Penseroso

Is there anyone who has knowedge about the poems which I write the title?
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I've read them. Was there a specific question?
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I've read them. Was there a specific question?
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I've read them also, and prefer the latter.
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I just finished reading them. I join in asking, "what of it?"
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