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<p>&quot;<a href="http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/brainiac/2011/05/abbotabad_a_poe.html" target="_self">Abbottabad</a>&quot; by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Abbott_%28British_army_officer%29">Major General James Abbott</a>:</p>
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<p>To me the place seemed like a dream<br /> And far ran a lonesome stream</p>
<p> The wind hissed as if welcoming us<br /> The pine swayed creating a lot of fuss</p>
<p> And the tiny cuckoo sang it away<br /> A song very melodious and gay</p>
<p> I adored the place from the first sight<br /> And was happy that my coming here was right</p>
<p> And eight good years here passed very soon<br /> And we leave you perhaps on a sunny noon</p>
<p> Oh, Abbottabad, we are leaving you now<br /> To your natural beauty do I bow</p>
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<p>Jeremy Bernstein <a href="http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2011/may/05/sweet-abbottabad-air/" target="_self">has</a> more on the city.</p>
<p>(Photo of Takia Kakul, Abbottabad by Flickr user <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ilawars/5195567484/" target="_self">ilawar</a>)</p>
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