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 Our Method.

Wherefore in verse are we speaking? We trust that the verse is impressive.

When we were talking in prose, never ye listened to us.

Das Mittel.

Warum sagst du uns das in Versen? Die Verse sind wirksam,

Spricht man in Prosa zu euch, Stopft ihr die Ohren euch zu.