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\title{ Missing Words Game } 
\author{by {\large\sl Jess H.~Brewer } }
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\section*{``The Second Coming'' -- W.B.~Yeats}
Turning and turning in the widening gyre \\
The falcon cannot hear the falconer; \\
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; \\
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, \\
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere \\ 
The ceremony of innocence is drowned; \\
The best lack all conviction, while the worst  \\
Are full of passionate intensity. \\
~ \\
Surely some revelation is at hand; \\
Surely the Second Coming is at hand. \\
The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out \\
When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi \\
Troubles my sight: somewhere in sands of the desert  \\
A shape with lion body and the head of a man, \\
A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun, \\
Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it \\
Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds. \\
The darkness drops again; but now I know \\
That twenty centuries of stony sleep \\
Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle, \\
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, \\
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?

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~~~~~~~ and ~~~~~~~ in the ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ \\
The ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~ the ~~~~~~~~ \\
\null ~~~~~~ ~~~~ apart; the ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~ \\
Mere ~~~~~~~ ~~ ~~~~~~ upon the ~~~~~ \\
The blood-dimmed ~~~~ ~~ ~~~~~~ and ~~~~~~~~~~~ \\ 
The ~~~~~~~~~ of ~~~~~~~~~ ~~ ~~~~~~~~ \\
The ~~~~ ~~~~ all ~~~~~~~~~~ while the ~~~~~ \\
\null ~~~ full of passionate ~~~~~~~~~ \\
~ \\
Surely some ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ at ~~~~ \\
Surely the Second ~~~~~~ ~~ at hand. \\
The Second ~~~~~~~ Hardly ~~~ those ~~~~~ out \\
When a vast ~~~~~ out of ~~~~~~~~ Mundi \\
\null ~~~~~~~~ my ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ in ~~~~~ of the ~~~~~~ \\
A ~~~~~ with ~~~~ ~~~~ and the ~~~~ of a ~~~ \\
A ~~~~ blank and pitiless as the ~~~ \\
\null ~~ ~~~~~~ its slow ~~~~~~~ while all about ~~ \\
\null ~~~~ ~~~~~~~ of the indignant ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ \\
The ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ again; but now ~ ~~~~ \\
That twenty ~~~~~~~~~ of stony ~~~~~ \\
\null ~~~~ vexed to ~~~~~~~~~ by a ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ \\
And what rough ~~~~~~ its ~~~~ ~~~~ round at ~~~~ \\
\null ~~~~~~~~ towards ~~~~~~~~~ to ~~ ~~~~ 
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~~~~~~~ and ~~~~~~~ in the ~~~~~~~~ gyre \\
The falcon ~~~~~~ ~~~~ the falconer; \\
Things ~~~~ apart; the centre ~~~~~~ ~~~~~ \\
Mere anarchy ~~ ~~~~~~ upon the world, \\
The blood-dimmed tide ~~ ~~~~~~~ and everywhere \\ 
The ceremony of innocence ~~ ~~~~~~~~ \\
The best ~~~~ all conviction, while the worst  \\
\null ~~~ full of passionate intensity. \\
~ \\
Surely some revelation ~~ at hand; \\
Surely the Second Coming ~~ at hand. \\
The Second Coming! Hardly ~~~ those words out \\
When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi \\
\null ~~~~~~~~ my sight: somewhere in sands of the desert  \\
A shape with lion body and the head of a man, \\
A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun, \\
Is ~~~~~~ its slow thighs, while all about it \\
\null ~~~~ shadows of the indignant desert birds. \\
The darkness ~~~~~ again; but now I ~~~~ \\
That twenty centuries of stony sleep \\
Were ~~~~~ to nightmare by a ~~~~~~~ cradle, \\
And what rough beast, its hour ~~~~ round at last, \\
\null ~~~~~~~~ towards Bethlehem to ~~ born?
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Turning and turning in the widening ~~~~ \\
The ~~~~~~ cannot hear the ~~~~~~~~ \\
\null ~~~~~~ fall apart; the ~~~~~~ cannot hold; \\
Mere ~~~~~~~ is loosed upon the ~~~~~ \\
The blood-dimmed ~~~~ is loosed, and ~~~~~~~~~~~ \\ 
The ~~~~~~~~~ of ~~~~~~~~~ is drowned; \\
The ~~~~ lack all ~~~~~~~~~~ while the ~~~~~ \\
Are full of passionate ~~~~~~~~~ \\
~ \\
Surely some ~~~~~~~~~~ is at ~~~~ \\
Surely the Second ~~~~~~ is at hand. \\
The Second ~~~~~~~ Hardly are those ~~~~~ out \\
When a vast ~~~~~ out of ~~~~~~~~ Mundi \\
Troubles my ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ in ~~~~~ of the ~~~~~~ \\
A ~~~~~ with ~~~~ ~~~~ and the ~~~~ of a ~~~ \\
A ~~~~ blank and pitiless as the ~~~ \\
Is moving its slow ~~~~~~~ while all about ~~ \\
Reel ~~~~~~~ of the indignant ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ \\
The ~~~~~~~~ drops again; but now ~ know \\
That twenty ~~~~~~~~~ of stony ~~~~~ \\
Were vexed to ~~~~~~~~~ by a rocking ~~~~~~~ \\
And what rough ~~~~~~ its ~~~~ come round at ~~~~ \\
Slouches towards ~~~~~~~~~ to be born?

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\section*{Nouns, Scrambled:}
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\begin{tabular}{cccccc}
gyre & falcon & falconer & Things & centre & anarchy \cr&&&&&\cr
world & tide & everywhere & ceremony & innocence & best \cr&&&&&\cr
conviction & worst & intensity & revelation & hand & Coming \cr&&&&&\cr
Coming & words & image & Spiritus & sight & somewhere \cr&&&&&\cr
sands & desert & shape & lion & body & head \cr&&&&&\cr
man & gaze & sun & thighs & it & shadows \cr&&&&&\cr
desert & birds & darkness & I & centuries & sleep \cr&&&&&\cr
nightmare & cradle & beast & hour & last & Bethlehem \cr
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\section*{Verbs, Scrambled:}
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\begin{tabular}{cccccc}
Turning & turning & widening & cannot & hear & fall \cr&&&&&\cr
cannot & hold & is & loosed & is & loosed \cr&&&&&\cr
is & drowned & lack & Are & is & is \cr&&&&&\cr
are & Troubles & moving & Reel & drops & know \cr&&&&&\cr
vexed & rocking & come & Slouches & be & \cr
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