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26 But quickly Peter's mood is chang'd,

And on he drives with cheeks that burn

In downright fury and in wrath—

There's little sign the treacherous path

Will to the road return!

The path grows dim, and dimmer still;

Now up—now down—the rover wends

With all the sail that he can carry;

Till he is brought to an old quarry,

And there the pathway ends.

"What! would'st thou daunt me grisly den?

"Back must I, having come so far?

"Stretch as thou wilt thy gloomy jaws,

"I'll on, nor would I give two straws

"For lantern or for star!"