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William Ernest Henley - Villanelle
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A dainty thing`s the Villanelle.
Sly, musical, a jewel in rhyme,
It serves its purpose passing well. 

A doublc-clappered silver bell
That must be made to clink in chime, 
A dainty thing`s the Villanelle; 

And if you wish to flute a spell,
Or ask a meeting `neath the lime,
It serves its purpose passing well. 

You must not ask of it the swell 
Of organs grandiose and sublime-
A dainty thing`s the Villanelle; 

And, filled with sweetness, as a shell
Is filled with sound, and launched in time,
It serves its purpose passing well. 

Still fair to see and good to smell
As in the quaintness of its prime,
A dainty thing`s the Villanelle,
It serves its purpose passing well.
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