If, upon a word you stumble,

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do take heed to such a rumble.

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There’s a reason that it broke your pace.

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So pause upon it and hold your place.

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A dictionary is a jewel box of little truths;

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so crack one open and have some sooth.

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Looking up a word is a minor cost,

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for the pleasure or wisdom you might have lost.