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I. I HAVE lived with shades so long, / And talked to them so oft, / Since forth from cot and croft / I went mankind among, / That sometimes they / In their dim style / Will pause awhile / To hear my say;
II. And take me by the hand, / And lead me through their rooms / In the To-be, where Dooms / Half-wove and shapeless stand: / And show from there / The dwindled dust / And rot and rust / Of things that were.