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314 'Oh, we've broke into Lord Pelham's park,

And killed Lord Pelham's deer,

And if ever you heard a little dog bark

You'll know why we come here!

'We ask you let us go our way,

As fast as we can flee,

For if ever you heard a bloodhound bay

You'll know how pressed we be.'

'Oh, lay your crossbows on the bank

And drop the knife from your hand,

And though the hounds are at your flank

I'll save you where you stand!'

They laid their crossbows on the bank,

They threw their knives in the wood,

And the ground before them opened and sank

And saved 'em where they stood.

'Oh, what's the roaring in our ears

That strikes us well-nigh dumb?'

'Oh, that is just how things appears

According as they come.'

'What are the stars before our eyes

That strike us well-nigh blind?'

'Oh, that is just how things arise

According as you find.'