Into the street the piper stepped, Smiling first a little smile As if …

Robert Browning
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Into the street the piper stepped, Smiling first a little smile As if he knew what magic slept In his quiet pipe the while. And the piper advanced And the children followed. ✨ Robert Browning, The Pied Piper Of Hamelin
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Into the street the piper stepped, Smiling first a little smile As if he knew what magic slept In his quiet pipe the while. And the piper advanced And the children followed. ✨ Robert Browning, The Pied Piper Of Hamelin

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