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From DigitalMaine Transcription Project
WILLIAM H. REID, STATE BINDER, AUGUSTA. THE binder ties the printed leaves, as reapers bind the grain in sheaves, And consummation thus imparts to Art. preservative of Arts. Yet---as reading gives an inner look beyond the binding of the book, A happy thing it is indeed, when binder bears the name of · Reid. Some bindings are but built for show: the book itself, you cannot know Until you read it thru and thru, as friends and neighbors have read you. The honest volume's like the man; substantial, firm and built to stand; Augusta's known him thus for years and held him high among his peers. And thus, it's everywhere agreed; let him, who binds our books, be Reid.
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