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HORRORS
(1850)
Methought I walked a dismal place
Dim horrors all around;
The air was thick with many a face,
And black as night the ground.
Dim horrors all around;
The air was thick with many a face,
And black as night the ground.
I saw a monster come with speed,
Its face of grimmliest green,
On human beings used to feed,
Most dreadful to be seen.
Its face of grimmliest green,
On human beings used to feed,
Most dreadful to be seen.
I could not speak, I could not fly,
I fell down in that place,
I saw the monster's horrid eye
Come leering in my face!
I fell down in that place,
I saw the monster's horrid eye
Come leering in my face!
Amidst my scarcely-stifled groans,
Amidst my moanings deep,
I heard a voice, “Wake! Mr. Jones,
You're screaming in your sleep!”
Amidst my moanings deep,
I heard a voice, “Wake! Mr. Jones,
You're screaming in your sleep!”
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