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 In vain yelps the wainscot mouse; In vain beats the hour; Vacant, his body must drowse Until daybreak flower—

Staining these walls with its rose, And the draughts of the morning shall stir Cold on cold brow, cold hands. And the wanderer Back to flesh house must return. Lone soul—in horror to see, Than dream more meagre and awful. Reality.