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A SIDE-WALK SCENE.
O, sturdy man! O, sturdy man!What tomb is this, I pray,
That openeth here its ponderous jaws
Unto the light of day?
Hath Death annulled the little lease
Of mortal man's estate?
Is it for manes of stricken ones
That here and thus ye wait?
“O no, my darlin'; this, you see,
An't no tomb, bless your soul!
But 't is a trap where people stows
Away their wood and coal.”
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