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SONGS OF TRAVEL: 43. THE LAST SIGHT by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

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First Line: ONCE MORE I SAW HIM. IN THE LOFTY ROOM
Last Line: AND THE DREAD CHANGELING GAZED ON ME IN VAIN.

Once more I saw him. In the lofty room,
Where oft with lights and company his tongue
Was trump to honest laughter, sate attired
A something in his likeness. 'Look!' said one,
Unkindly kind, 'look up, it is your boy!'
And the dread changeling gazed on me in vain.



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