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Last Line: For they're never gone
Variant Title(s): Poem: 298; Poem: 30




Alone, I cannot be-
For Hosts-do visit me-
Recordless Company-
Who baffle Key-

They have no Robes, nor Names-
No Almanacs-nor Climes-
But general Homes
Like Gnomes-

Their Coming, may be known
By Couriers within-
Their going-is not-
For they've never gone-






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