"I’ll sing thee songs of Araby, And tales of wild Cashmere, Wild tales to cheat thee of a sigh, Or charm thee to a tear."
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"I'll sing thee songs of Araby", st. 1, in Lalla Rookh (1877), with music by Frederic Clay
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W. G. Wills
William Gorman Wills (28 January 1828 – 13 December 1891), usually known as W. G. Wills, was an Irish dramatist, novelist and painter.
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