undersong

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undersong, n.

The burden of a song; the chorus; the refrain. Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Accompanying strain; subordinate and underlying meaning; accompaniment; undertone. [1913 Webster]
"In the very [poetry] there often an undersong of sense which none beside the poetic mind . . . can comprehend." [1913 Webster]

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