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HOURS, by                    
First Line: Alms to the highwayman in pursuit
Last Line: My heart! . . . Keep singing, go on -- don't count.
Alternate Author Name(s): Corbiere, Tristan
Subject(s): Fear


Alms to the highwayman in pursuit!
Evil eye to the luring eye!
Blade against blade with the avid swordsman!
-My soul is not in a state of grace! -

I am the fool of Pamplona,
Afraid of the Moon's laughter,
Hypocritical, in black crepe . . .
Horror! is everything, then, beneath a candle snuffer?

I hear a noise like a rattle . . .
It is the evil hour which calls me.
In the pit of nights falls: one knell . . . two knells.

I have counted more than fourteen hours . . .
Each hour a tear. You are weeping,
My heart! . . . Keep singing, go on -- Don't count.





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