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Before the gas fades with a harsh last bubble, / And the hunt in the hatstand discovers no coppers, / Before the last fag and the shirt sleeves and slippers, / The century's trap will have snapped round your middle,
Before the allotment is weeded and sown, / And the oakum is picked, and the spring trees have grown green, / And the state falls to bits, / And is fed to the cats, / Before civilization rises or rots