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Six Centuries of English Poetry

Note 5 — THE COTTER'S1 SATURDAY NIGHT.

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train. A favorite word with the poets at this time. Goldsmith uses it no fewer than six times in the "Deserted Village." The original meaning is something drawn along; from Lat. traho, to draw.

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