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18 And he had trudg'd through Yorkshire dales,

Among the rocks and winding scars;

Where deep and low the hamlets lie

Beneath their little patch of sky

And little lot of stars:

And all along the indented coast,

Bespattered with the salt-sea foam;

Where'er a knot of houses lay,

On headland, or in hollow bay;—

Sure never man like him did roam!

As well might Peter, in the Fleet,

Have been fast bound, a begging debtor;—

He travelled here, he travelled there;—

But not the value of a hair

Was heart or head the better.