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18 Trite usages in tamest style Had tended to their plighting. “It's just worth while, Perhaps," they had said. "And saves much sad good-nighting."

And petty seemed the happenings That ministered to their joyance: Simple things, Onerous to satiate souls, increased their buoyance.

Who could those common people be, Of days the plainest, barest? They were we; Yes; happier than the cleverest, smartest, rarest.