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120 | guiding its gleaming tip still higher, | ||||||
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121 | when my leader said: 'It might be better if we turned | ||||||
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123 | circling the mountain as we are accustomed.' | ||||||
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124 | Thus habit was our teacher there, | ||||||
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125 | and we took our way with less uncertainty | ||||||
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126 | because that other worthy soul encouraged us. | ||||||
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127 | They went along in front and I, alone, | ||||||
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128 | came on behind, listening to their discourse, | ||||||
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129 | which gave me understanding of the art of verse. | ||||||
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