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I had a curious dream last night,
So odd it set me pondering:
Its lesson how to read aright
My thoughts afar went wandering.
So odd it set me pondering:
Its lesson how to read aright
My thoughts afar went wandering.
Methought by evil planet crossed,
Or destiny unkind,
That I myself myself had lost,
And strove in vain to find.
Or destiny unkind,
That I myself myself had lost,
And strove in vain to find.
I wandered here, I wandered there,
Poor weary-footed elf!
But found no traces anywhere
Of my unlucky self.
Poor weary-footed elf!
But found no traces anywhere
Of my unlucky self.
I asked of every one I met
If they had seen me lately;
A man, said I, well made and set,
Though not so very stately.
If they had seen me lately;
A man, said I, well made and set,
Though not so very stately.
But none in country or in town
Could tell where I had wandered,
And so at last I sat me down,
And o'er the puzzle pondered.
Could tell where I had wandered,
And so at last I sat me down,
And o'er the puzzle pondered.
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