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Old 12-15-2015, 06:33 PM   #86
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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb View Post
I assumed "marge" was poetic short hand for "margin". ie. edge
It's an archaic form.

The poem is over a hundred years old though (published in 1907) and the term seems to have been in somewhat more general use as regards geographical boundaries when the line was penned.
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