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 Stiffly stark ahd still they stood,

Clad in elfish clothes;

Som e were wax, and some were wood,

On e had crushed his hos e.

"Playthings rar e ," h e said and smiled,

For children rich and poor;

Som e I'll leav e the crippled child,

And som e at th e orphan's door."