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...himself— "... who's striving Parnassus to climb With a whole bale of isms tied together with rhyme ; The top of the hill he will ne'er come nigh reaching...learns the distinction 'twixt singing and preaching." He never learnt it— he never seriously meant to learn it. Song, satire, and parable — more and...