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By The Way

Verses, Fragments, and Notes [by William Allingham]

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[Have I cause to be afraid?]

Have I cause to be afraid?
I was most obscurely made
In the secret core of things;
And as a roaring cataract flings
Watery shapes to air, and springs
Into some black gulf below,
My life is hurrying even so,
I know not whither—Do I fear?