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Captain Benwick:
[Anne and Benwick are discussing poetry and he asks her which she prefers of two poems by Sir Walter Scott. Anne answers by quoting a line from the second poem. They then alternately recite the next few lines] Tell me, do you prefer "Marmion" or "The Lady of the Lake?"

Anne:
"Like the dew on the mountain / Like the foam on the river /"

Captain Benwick:
"Like the bubble on the fountain / Thou art gone /"

Anne:
"and forever!"