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Then slowly    And yet so swiftly! THEN SLOWLY AND YET SO SWIFTLY
shivering thing before you, This fluttering wreck of the man God made him, For God knows what wild reason. Hear me, And learn from my lips the truth of my story. There's nothing strange in what I shall tell you, Nothing mysterious, nothing unearthly, -- But damnably human, -- and you shall hear it. Not one of those little black lawyers had guessed it; The judge, with his big bald head, never knew it; And the jury (God rest their poor souls!) never dreamed it. Once there were three in the world who could tell it; Now there are two. There'll be two to-morrow, -- You, my friend, and -- But there's the story: -- When I was a boy the world was heaven. I never knew then that the men and the women Who petted and called me a brave big fellow Were ever less happy than I; but wisdom -- Which comes with the years, you know -- soon showed me The secret of all my glittering childhood, The broken key to the fairies' castle That held my life in the fresh, glad season When I was the king of the earth. UN IS RISING AND WHY AM I HERE NOT A SOUL CAN TELL YOU BUT THIS POOR SHIVERING THING BEFORE YOU THIS FLUTTERING WRECK OF A MAN GOD MADE HIM FOR GOD KNOWS WHAT WILD REASON HEAR ME AND LEARN FROM MY LIPS THE TRUTH OF MY STORY THERE'S NOTHING STRANGE IN WHAT I SHOULD TELL YOU NOTHING MYSTERIOUS NOTHING UNEARTHLY BUT DAMNABLY HUMAN AND YOU SHALL HEAR IT NOT ONE OF THOSE LITTLE BLACK LAWYERS HAD GUESSED IT THE JUDGE WITH HIS BIG BALD HEAD NEVER KNEW IT AND THE JURY GOD REST THAT POOR SOULS NEVER DREAMED IT ONCE THERE WERE THREE IN THE WORLD WHO COULD TELL IT NOW THERE ARE TWO THERE'LY TWO TO MORROW YOU MY FRIEND AND BUT THERE'S THE STORY WHEN I WAS A BOY THE WORLD WAS HEAVEN I NEVER KNEW THEN THAT MEN AND THE WOMEN WHO PATTED AND CALLED ME A BIG BRAVE FELLOW WERE EVER LESS HAPPY THAN I BUT WISDOM WHICH COMES WITH THE YEARS YOU KNOW SOON SHOWED ME THE SECRET OF ALL MY GLITTERING CHILDHOOD THE BROKEN KEY TO THE FAIRY'S CASTLE THAT HELD MY LIFE IN FRESH GLAD SEASON WHEN I WAS KING OF THE EARTH
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