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THE dark was thick. A boy he seemed at that time / Who trotted by me with uncertain air; / "I'll tell my tale," he murmured, "for I fancy / A friend goes there?..."
Then thus he told. "I reached-'twas for the first time- / A dwelling. Life was clogged in me with care; / I thought not I should meet an eyesome maiden, / But found one there.