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Слушать(AI)Euclid
Old Euclid drew a circle On a sand-beach long ago.
He bounded and enclosed it With angles thus and so.
His set of solemn greybeards Nodded and argued much Of arc and circumference,
Diameter and such.
A silent child stood by them From morning until noon Because they drew such charming Round pictures of the moon.
Vachel Lindsay
Nicholas Vachel Lindsay (November 10, 1879 – December 5, 1931) was an American poet. He is considered a founder of modern singing poetry, as he
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