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150 What do you think of when alone at night?

Do not the things your mothers spoke about,

Before they took the candle from the bedside,

Rush up into the mind and master it,

Till you believe in them against your will?

You answer for us.

Be careful what you say;

If he persuades you to an argument,

He will but turn us all to mockery.

We had no minds until you made them for us;