| Three-hour movies, often |
Commuter |
10 Apr 2026 |
| "Iliad" and "Odyssey," e.g. |
Universal |
07 Apr 2026 |
| Ben-Hur and its like |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
20 Mar 2026 |
| "Pharsalia" and the "Aeneid" |
New York Times |
15 Mar 2026 |
| Heroic tales |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
14 Mar 2026 |
| Sweeping tales |
USA Today |
09 Mar 2026 |
| Long stories |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Mar 2026 |
| Long, big-budget films with lots of extras |
LA Times Mini |
07 Feb 2026 |
| Heroic tales |
USA Today |
06 Feb 2026 |
| Classic sagas in poetry |
USA Today |
16 Dec 2025 |
| Point to images and long stories (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
15 Dec 2025 |
| Long stories |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Dec 2025 |
| Point to images and long stories (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
09 Nov 2025 |
| Sweeping narratives of heroic deeds |
Universal |
10 Oct 2025 |
| Sweeping tales |
Newsday |
28 Sep 2025 |
| Really long stories |
LA Times Daily |
09 Sep 2025 |
| "Beowulf" and "The Odyssey" |
USA Today |
17 Aug 2025 |
| Poems like the 13-Down |
Premier Sunday |
10 Aug 2025 |
| Sagas |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
07 Aug 2025 |
| Ben-Hur, Spartacus etc |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
01 Aug 2025 |
| "Beowulf" and "Breaking Bad" |
|
|
| Grand tales |
New York Times |
17 Jul 2025 |
| Long poems involving spice? |
|
|
| Heroic tales |
LA Times Daily |
16 Jun 2025 |
| Monumental tales |
Commuter |
10 Jun 2025 |
| Point to images and long stories (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
08 Jun 2025 |
| Mixed spice featured in long poems (5) |
|
|
| Heroic tales |
Newsday |
03 Jun 2025 |
| Big movie productions |
|
|
| Long films (5) |
|
|
| Long, long tales |
|
|
| Long stories |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Apr 2025 |
| Sagas about eastern photographs (small ones) (5) |
|
|
| Heroic poems |
Universal |
26 Mar 2025 |
| Point to images and long stories (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
13 Mar 2025 |
| Sprawling stories |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Mar 2025 |
| Lliad, Mahabharat, et al.? |
|
|
| Long stories |
LA Times Daily |
17 Feb 2025 |
| Sagas, e.g. |
Universal |
18 Jan 2025 |
| "The Odyssey" and "The Iliad" |
USA Today |
07 Jan 2025 |
| "Beowulf" and the "Mahabharata," for two |
New York Times |
31 Dec 2024 |
| Grand stories |
USA Today |
18 Dec 2024 |
| Big-scale movies |
|
|
| Lengthy tales about spice (5) |
|
|
| Variety the spice of long adventure films? |
|
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| They can call for a lot of extras |
|
|
| Sprawling tales |
USA Today |
26 Nov 2024 |
| The setter caught plugging records, great works (5) |
The Guardian Quiptic |
17 Nov 2024 |
| Iliad, Mahabharat, et al. ? |
|
|
| Heroic accounts |
LA Times Daily |
07 Nov 2024 |
| Massive stories |
|
|
| Sweeping accounts |
LA Times Daily |
24 Oct 2024 |
| Four-hour movies, maybe |
|
|
| 2024's "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga" and "Dune: Part Two," for two |
|
|
| Tales that take a while to tell |
|
|
| The "Iliad" and the "Odyssey," for two |
New York Times |
05 Aug 2024 |
| Homeric stories |
|
|
| Long poems or films |
Mirror Classic |
23 Jul 2024 |
| Big-budget flicks |
LA Times Daily |
05 Jul 2024 |
| Add exotic spice to long narrative poems |
|
|
| Grand film productions |
New York Times Mini |
17 Jun 2024 |
| Such poems are full of spice! (5) |
|
|
| Long films or books |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
22 May 2024 |
| Long heroic stories |
Newsday |
13 May 2024 |
| Generations-spanning stories |
Wall Street Journal |
13 May 2024 |
| Grand stories such as "The Mahabharata" and "The Iliad" |
USA Today |
12 May 2024 |
| "The Shahnameh" and "The Odyssey," e.g. |
USA Today |
26 Apr 2024 |
| Sagas and such |
Universal |
09 Apr 2024 |
| Ben-Hur, Spartacus and others (5) |
|
|
| Narrative verses |
|
|
| Legendary sagas (5) |
|
|
| Long heroic poems |
|
|
| Record one hundred special poems (5) |
|
|
| Momentous movies (5) |
|
|
| Grand stories |
New York Times Mini |
25 Dec 2023 |
| Insta-slideshow components |
|
|
| Very long movies |
Universal |
06 Dec 2023 |
| 'Beowulf' and 'The Iliad,' for example |
|
|
| Grand-scale tales |
LA Times Daily |
29 Nov 2023 |
| Cinematic spectacles |
LA Times Daily |
08 Oct 2023 |
| Hesiod's 'Theogony' and 'Works and Days' |
New York Times |
03 Sep 2023 |
| Sweeping sagas |
Universal |
18 Aug 2023 |
| Heroic sagas |
|
|
| Heroic tales |
USA Today |
26 Jul 2023 |
| 'Beowulf' and 'Gilgamesh,' for two |
New York Times |
01 Jul 2023 |
| Heroic stories |
Newsday |
07 Jun 2023 |
| Sweeping stories |
LA Times Daily |
19 Apr 2023 |
| Big pictures |
Newsday |
06 Apr 2023 |
| Monumental tales |
Newsday |
29 Mar 2023 |
| Super-long poems |
USA Today |
15 Mar 2023 |
| Heroic sagas |
Universal |
05 Mar 2023 |
| Heroic sagas |
Universal |
24 Feb 2023 |
| Grand-scale stories |
Newsday |
20 Feb 2023 |
| Long stories with heroes |
USA Today |
19 Feb 2023 |
| Long stories |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Jan 2023 |
| Long heroic tales with many extras |
Family Time |
13 Nov 2022 |
| Heroic sagas |
USA Today |
27 Oct 2022 |
| Grand stories |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 Oct 2022 |
| Grand-scale stories |
Newsday |
12 Sep 2022 |
| The 'Aeneid' and 'The Faerie Queene,' for two |
New York Times |
15 Aug 2022 |
| Heroic tales |
Premier Sunday |
24 Jul 2022 |
| Large-scale movies |
The Telegraph Quick |
01 Jul 2022 |
| Long, heroic sagas |
|
|
| Long stories |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Mar 2022 |
| "Paradise Lost" et al |
LA Times Daily |
26 Mar 2022 |
| 'Paradise Lost' et al |
|
|
| Long stories |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Mar 2022 |
| Some major productions |
New York Times |
01 Jan 2022 |
| Grand tales |
USA Today |
21 Sep 2021 |
| Films with large casts |
Universal |
21 Sep 2021 |
| Very long poems |
USA Today |
14 Sep 2021 |
| A montage of them was presented at the 2006 Oscars |
|
|
| A montage of them was presented at the 2006 Oscars |
LA Times Daily |
12 Sep 2021 |
| Sweeping sagas |
Universal |
16 Aug 2021 |
| Hollywood spectacles |
|
|
| Sprawling stories |
Thomas Joseph |
31 Jul 2021 |
| Legends create one less than hundred in records |
|
|
| Larger-than-life stories |
USA Today |
26 Jul 2021 |
| The Gilgamesh story and others |
USA Today |
17 Jun 2021 |
| Long heroic tales with many extras |
Family Time |
30 May 2021 |
| Large-scale stories |
USA Today |
15 May 2021 |
| Sweeping stories |
Newsday |
09 May 2021 |
| Surprising spice in heroic poems |
|
|
| Homeric works |
Universal |
12 Apr 2021 |
| Heroic sagas |
LA Times Daily |
07 Apr 2021 |
| Heroic sagas |
|
|
| Four-hour films, often |
Newsday |
31 Jan 2021 |
| Heroic tales |
LA Times Daily |
20 Jan 2021 |
| Heroic tales |
|
|
| Long stories |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 Jan 2021 |
| 'Paradise Lost' and others |
New York Times |
24 Dec 2020 |
| Grand stories |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 Nov 2020 |
| Sweeping accounts |
Newsday |
05 Nov 2020 |
| Grandiose film fare |
Newsday |
18 Sep 2020 |
| Long stories |
New York Times |
24 Aug 2020 |
| Large-scale movie productions, like "Ben Hur" |
|
|
| Sweeping stories |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Jun 2020 |
| Films with many extras, often |
Universal |
02 Jun 2020 |
| ''Cast of thousands'' films |
Newsday |
31 May 2020 |
| Grand-scale stories |
Newsday |
04 May 2020 |
| "Iliad" and "Odyssey" |
Universal |
30 Mar 2020 |
| Heroic sagas |
|
|
| Big pictures? |
|
|
| Long poems about heroes |
USA Today |
01 Mar 2020 |
| Heroic tales |
Newsday |
24 Dec 2019 |
| Long tales of heroic deeds |
|
|
| Larger-than-life movies |
Newsday |
25 Nov 2019 |
| Most Michener novels |
USA Today |
07 Nov 2019 |
| Sprawling tales |
Thomas Joseph |
07 Oct 2019 |
| Massive tales |
Universal |
20 Sep 2019 |
| Breaking records, essentially nice stories |
|
|
| Sweeping stories |
Universal |
24 Jul 2019 |
| 'Spartacus' and 'Ben-Hur,' for two |
USA Today |
23 Jun 2019 |
| Sweeping stories |
New York Times |
17 Jun 2019 |
| Heroic tales |
USA Today |
15 May 2019 |
| Grand tales |
New York Times |
09 May 2019 |
| Like war sagas or larger than life movies |
|
|
| Grand tales |
Premier Sunday |
24 Mar 2019 |
| 'The Last Samurai' and others |
New York Times |
01 Mar 2019 |
| Many DeMille movies |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Feb 2019 |
| "Beowulf" and "The Aeneid" |
Universal |
22 Jan 2019 |
| "Beowulf" and "The Aeneid" |
|
|
| Many DeMille movies |
|
|
| "The Last Samurai" and others |
|
|
| Heroic tales |
|
|
| "Spartacus" and "Ben-Hur," for two |
|
|
| Grand tales |
|
|
| Sweeping stories |
|
|
| Sweeping stories |
|
|
| Massive tales |
|
|
| Long stories |
Thomas Joseph |
24 Dec 2018 |
| Homeric works |
USA Today |
23 Dec 2018 |
| Long stories |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Oct 2018 |
| Larger than life movies |
|
|
| Big pictures |
Newsday |
28 Jul 2018 |
| Super-long classics |
Universal |
23 Jul 2018 |
| Excessive films? |
Universal |
19 Jul 2018 |
| Way-long classics |
Universal |
15 Jun 2018 |
| Cast-of-thousands films |
|
|
| Online images perhaps for major stories |
The Telegraph Toughie |
19 Apr 2018 |
| Heroic poems |
The Sun Two Speed |
14 Feb 2018 |
| Heroic tales of mixed spice |
The Sun Two Speed |
14 Feb 2018 |
| Humongous movies |
|
|
| "Iliad" and "Odyssey," for two |
USA Today |
10 Feb 2018 |
| Films on a grand scale |
New York Times |
06 Feb 2018 |
| Vast tales |
Family Time |
05 Feb 2018 |
| Grand stories |
New York Times |
22 Jan 2018 |
| Involved stories |
LA Times Daily |
21 Jan 2018 |
| Involved stories |
|
|
| Long heroic tales |
Newsday |
15 Jan 2018 |
| Some sort of spice results in great stories |
|
|
| Way-long classics |
|
|
| Films on a grand scale |
|
|
| Grand stories |
|
|
| Excessive films? |
|
|
| Super-long classics |
|
|
| "Iliad" and "Odyssey," for two |
|
|
| "Noah" and "Troy," for two |
|
|
| Homeric works |
|
|
| Most Michener novels |
|
|
| Long stories |
|
|
| Heroic sagas |
|
|
| Involved stories |
|
|
| Many DeMille productions |
USA Today |
07 Dec 2017 |
| Big film productions |
|
|
| European movies, long ones |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
23 Sep 2017 |
| Long, great stories |
Universal |
08 Sep 2017 |
| Long stories having primarily erotic illustrations |
|
|
| Homer output |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Aug 2017 |
| 'Cleopatra' and 'Spartacus' |
New York Times |
24 Aug 2017 |
| Some long novels |
New York Times |
08 Aug 2017 |
| The Hindu 'Ramayana' and others |
New York Times |
04 Jul 2017 |
| They're not fast reads |
LA Times Daily |
09 Apr 2017 |
| They're not fast reads |
|
|
| "Spice" anagram |
Universal |
11 Mar 2017 |
| Long tales |
Premier Sunday |
19 Feb 2017 |
| 'Iliad' and 'Odyssey,' for two |
New York Times |
06 Feb 2017 |
| Sweeping stories |
LA Times Daily |
21 Jan 2017 |
| Many DeMille productions |
|
|
| "Cleopatra" and "Spartacus" |
|
|
| "Iliad" and "Odyssey," for two |
|
|
| Some long novels |
|
|
| The Hindu "Ramayana" and others |
|
|
| Long, great stories |
|
|
| They're not fast reads |
|
|
| Heroic tales |
Premier Sunday |
18 Dec 2016 |
| Lavish productions |
Newsday |
26 Nov 2016 |
| Substantial reads |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Nov 2016 |
| Sweeping tales |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Nov 2016 |
| Extremely long films |
Universal |
06 Sep 2016 |
| DeMille specialties |
LA Times Daily |
07 Aug 2016 |
| Some very long films |
Universal |
18 Jul 2016 |
| Far-from-short films |
Universal |
03 Jul 2016 |
| Heroic tales |
New York Times |
21 Jun 2016 |
| Sweeping stories |
Premier Sunday |
03 Apr 2016 |
| Grand-scale films |
Universal |
04 Mar 2016 |
| Long, sweeping stories |
Universal |
27 Jan 2016 |
| Films with many extras |
LA Times Daily |
07 Jan 2016 |
| Sprawling stories |
|
|
| Grand-scale stories |
USA Today |
03 Jan 2016 |
| Long, sweeping stories |
|
|
| DeMille specialties |
|
|
| Films with many extras |
|
|
| Some very long films |
|
|
| Grand-scale stories |
|
|
| Far-from-short films |
|
|
| Heroic tales |
|
|
| Cast-of-thousands films |
Universal |
26 Dec 2015 |
| Grand tales |
Newsday |
20 Dec 2015 |
| Grand stories |
|
|
| Grand works using Oriental images |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
24 Oct 2015 |
| Grand tales |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 Sep 2015 |
| 'Beowulf' and others |
New York Times |
10 May 2015 |
| Big pictures |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Apr 2015 |
| Stories with spice, perhaps |
|
|
| Films with "casts of thousands" |
USA Today |
12 Feb 2015 |
| DeMille films |
USA Today |
07 Jan 2015 |
| Grand stories |
|
|
| Big pictures |
|
|
| "Beowulf" and others |
|
|
| Big pictures |
|
|
| Grand tales |
|
|
| Films with "casts of thousands" |
|
|
| DeMille films |
|
|
| They're not fast reads |
|
|
| Cast-of-thousands films |
|
|
| Long stories |
|
|
| Really big shows |
|
|
| They detail heroic deeds |
|
|
| "Paradise Lost" et al. |
|
|
| "Cleopatra" and "Gandhi," for two |
|
|
| Sweeping stories |
|
|
| "The Hunger Games" and others |
|
|
| Heroic stories |
|
|
| They usually have many extras |
|
|
| Long heroic tales |
|
|
| Long, long stories |
|
|
| Heroic poems |
|
|
| Some long stories |
|
|
| "Lawrence of Arabia" and others |
|
|
| Heroic poems |
|
|
| Peter Jackson creations |
|
|
| "Lawrence of Arabia" and others |
|
|
| Cinematic spectacles |
|
|
| Cinematic spectacles |
|
|
| Oscar-bait movies, often |
|
|
| Heroic sagas |
|
|
| Sweeping sagas |
|
|
| Big pictures |
|
|
| Works inspired by Calliope, e.g. |
|
|
| Long, important songs |
|
|
| Sword-and-sandal flicks |
|
|
| DeMille specialties |
|
|
| Sword-and-sandal flicks |
|
|
| Big productions |
|
|
| Homeric works |
|
|
| Books that require a commitment |
|
|
| Homeric works |
|
|
| Grand stories |
|
|
| Heroic tales |
|
|
| Books that require a commitment |
|
|
| Major stories |
|
|
| Grist for DeMille |
|
|
| Screen whoppers |
|
|
| Major stories |
|
|
| Major stories |
|
|
| Heroic poems |
|
|
| Films with casts of thousands |
|
|
| Big pictures |
|
|
| Majestic tales |
|
|
| Heroic works |
|
|
| Heroic tales |
|
|
| Some westerns |
|
|
| Heroic tales |
|
|
| Some big-budget films |
|
|
| Long-lasting tales |
|
|
| 'Iliad' and the like |
|
|
| Expansive stories |
|
|
| Big productions |
|
|
| DeMille films |
|
|
| Some long films |
|
|
| Tales on vast scales |
|
|
| Expansive stories |
|
|
| Some big-budget films |
|
|
| Hardly fast reads |
|
|
| They might have a lot of extras |
|
|
| They usually have many extras |
|
|
| Big pictures? |
|
|
| Heroic stories |
|
|
| Hardly fast reads |
|
|
| Hollywood extravaganzas |
|
|
| Cinematic spectacles |
|
|
| They usually involve a lot of extras |
|
|
| They usually involve a lot of extras |
|
|
| Big-budget films |
|
|
| Many DeMille productions |
|
|
| Big pictures |
|
|
| Extended and dramatic narratives |
|
|
| Large accounts? |
|
|
| DeMille films |
|
|
| Extended narratives |
|
|
| Great adventures |
|
|
| Long chronicles |
|
|
| Some big-budget films |
|
|
| Big pictures |
|
|
| De Mille specialties |
|
|
| Big-budget films |
|
|
| Some long films |
|
|
| Kurosawa films, usually |
|
|
| Narrative poems |
|
|
| Extended narratives |
|
|
| Heroic tales |
|
|
| "Ben Hur" and "Spartacus" |
|
|
| De Mille productions |
|
|
| "Cleopatra" and others |
|
|
| "Cleopatra" and others |
|
|
| Big-scope books |
|
|
| Momentous tales |
|
|
| They detail heroic deeds |
|
|
| DeMille flicks, often |
|
|
| Heroic poems |
|
|
| "How the West Was Won" and others |
|
|
| "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey," e.g. |
|
|
| Heroic narratives |
|
|
| "Beowulf" and "Paradise Lost" |
|
|
| "Cast of thousands" films |
|
|
| The Iliad and the Odyssey |
|
|
| "The Ten Commandments," et al. |
|
|
| They have lots of extras |
|
|
| Majestic tales |
|
|
| DeMille productions |
|
|
| 'Odyssey' and 'Iliad,' e.g. |
|
|
| "Beowulf" and "The Iliad," for example |
|
|
| Majestic tales |
|
|
| DeMille films |
|
|
| Cast-of-thousands films |
|
|
| Long tales |
|
|
| Grand-scale works |
|
|
| Screen whoppers |
|
|
| "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey," for two |
|
|
| Majestic movies |
|
|
| Major works |
|
|
| Long stories |
|
|
| Big pictures? |
|
|
| Long poetic works |
|
|
| DeMille works |
|
|
| Grand-scale stories |
|
|
| DeMille fare |
|
|
| DeMille works |
|
|
| Heroic stories |
|
|
| Iliad, Odyssey, etc. |
|
|
| Sizable accounts? |
|
|
| "Cast-of- thousands" films |
|
|
| DeMille films |
|
|
| Sweeping works |
|
|
| Sagas |
|
|
| Really big shows |
|
|
| Immigrant life stories, sometimes |
|
|
| DeMille's specialties |
|
|
| "Gilgamesh," et al. |
|
|
| Long stories |
|
|
| Some Goldwyn productions |
|
|
| Long poems |
|
|
| De Mille productions |
|
|
| Long and winding tales |
|
|
| Sweeping tales |
|
|
| Great stories |
|
|
| Great adventures |
|
|
| "Paradise Lost" et al. |
|
|
| These have many extras |
|
|
| DeMille films |
|
|
| Otto Preminger productions, typically |
|
|
| Grandiose stories |
|
|
| Tales on vast scales |
|
|
| Films with casts of "thousands" |
|
|
| Major movie productions |
|
|
| Protracted works |
|
|
| Tales on vast scales |
|
|
| De Mille specialties |
|
|
| Big pictures |
|
|
| Sagas |
|
|
| Sword-and-sandal flicks |
|
|
| "Paradise Lost" and others |
|
|
| "How the West Was Won" and others |
|
|
| Homer's works |
|
|
| Screen whoppers |
|
|
| Cast-of-thousands films |
|
|
| Cast-of-thousands films |
|
|
| Serial material |
|
|
| Big stories |
|
|
| DeMille specialities |
|
|
| Long tales |
|
|
| "Paradise Lost," "Beowulf," etc. |
|
|
| De Mille specialties |
|
|
| D. W. Griffith films |
|
|
| Heroic poems |
|
|
| Poems like the "Iliad" |
|
|
| Homeric works |
|
|
| "Odyssey" and "Iliad" |
|
|
| Homeric products |
|
|
| Sagas |
|
|
| De Mille productions |
|
|
| Certain films |
|
|
| Epopees |
|
|
| "Beowulf" and "El Cid," e.g. |
|
|
| Body of writing |
|
|
| Heroic sagas |
|
|
| Heroic accounts |
|
|
| De Mille films |
|
|
| Protracted poems |
|
|
| Stunning stories |
|
|
| Certain writings |
|
|
| Long poems |
|
|
| Certain poems |
|
|
| Great works |
|
|
| "Iliad" et al. |
|
|
| Memorable works |
|
|
| The "Star Wars" trilogy, e.g. |
|
|
| Classics. |
|
|
| Great works. |
|
|
| Great big movies. |
|
|
| "Gilgamesh," "Beowulf," etc. |
|
|
| Monumental works. |
|
|
| "Beowulf," etc. |
|
|
| "Beowulf" and others. |
|
|
| Large-scale movies. |
|
|
| Heroic poems. |
|
|
| Certain classics. |
|
|
| Great writings. |
|
|
| Great books. |
|
|
| Imposing works. |
|
|
| Poems of heroism. |
|
|
| Homeric works. |
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| Stupendous works. |
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| Grand themes. |
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| Poems for study. |
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| Great poems. |
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| The Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, etc. |
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| Homeric poems. |
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| Sagas. |
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| Narrative poems. |
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| Heroic tales. |
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| Subjects of English courses. |
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| Poems. |
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