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A Night-Croucher's Journey (Sonnet) by Everyone
I grab the roll, hold tight, and off I run
To the wood shed, my throat all gasps and yells.
I cling and look below: the scent of dun
Sweeter to me than finest mill'ner's smells.
A heap of rounded pearls my bow'ls of rock
Must soon augment or they may quite explode;
It's coming near, tho' when it comes the shock
Resounde from Vauxhall Bridge to Hampstead Road.
A sudden breath. It drops. A thud of thunder.
Dizzy and asham'd, I wipe my sweat soak'd brow,
Mull o'er the coilings, grumbling as I blunder,
"They say it's better out than in, and how!"
Though stain'd and weaken'd, I must crouch back out
Hoping none see with all this browne about.
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