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‘Come, ladies, 'twill be dark,’ cried I—‘I fear:
Pray let us view St. Paul's, it is so near.’—

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‘Lord! Peter,’ cried the girls, ‘don't mind St. Paul!
Sure! you're a most incurious soul—
Why—we can see the church another day;
Don't be afraid—St. Paul's can't run away.’