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THE GHOSTS OF AN OLD HOUSE: THE WELL by JOHN GOULD FLETCHER

First Line: THE WELL IS NOT USED NOW
Last Line: FROM WHICH HE HAULED FORTH BUCKETS OF BRICKS AND DIRT.
Subject(s): WELLS;
The well is not used now,
Its waters are tainted.

I remember there was once a man went down
To clean it.
He found it very cold and deep,
With a queer niche in one of its sides,
From which he hauled forth buckets of bricks and dirt.



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