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The verse following has been disguised by applying a simple substitution code. Each letter of the alphabet in the original has been replaced by a coded equivalent wherever it occurs, although in some cases a letter is substituted for itself. The full punctuation has been retained to provide a few clues.
Can you break the code and read the verse?

HG HUK CLN-XN-HUK-SHDKKH, IUG, X'C SGDDV HG SLV
XS L JKKN GTSKDWKD GB RXBK,
HUK IGDY XNHKRRKEHPLR SPMMKSHS
SHDLXMUH LILV
L CLN IUG'S PNHDPK HG UXS IXBK.

-Ray.

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HG HUK CLN-XN-HUK-SHDKKH, IUG, X'C SGDDV HG SLV
XS L JKKN GTSKDWKD GB RXBK,
HUK IGDY XNHKRRKEHPLR SPMMKSHS
SHDLXMUH LILV
L CLN IUG'S PNHDPK HG UXS IXBK.

To the man-in-the-street, who, I'm sorry to say
Is a keen observer of life
The word intellectual suggests
Straight away
A man who's untrue to his wife.

Technically, though, that was a cypher, not a code 😀

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Originally posted by Polynikes
To the man-in-the-street, who, I'm sorry to say
Is a keen observer of life
The word intellectual suggests
Straight away
A man who's untrue to his wife.
Correct!

-Ray.

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