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We like a Hairbreadth 'scape
It tingles in the Mind
Far after Act or Accident
Like paragraphs of Wind

If we had ventured less
The Breeze were not so fine
That reaches to our utmost Hair
Its Tentacles divine.

Edited by Peter Carter

Added: 2 Apr 2003 | Last Read: 7 Jun 2025 5:41 PM | Viewed: 7484 times

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