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ITS former green is blue and thin, / And its once firm legs sink in and in; / Soon it will break down unaware, / Soon it will break down unaware.
At night when reddest flowers are black / Those who once sat thereon come back; / Quite a row of them sitting there, / Quite a row of them sitting there.
With them the seat does not break down, / Nor winter freeze them, nor floods drown, / For they are as light as upper air, / They are as light as upper air!