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Round and round, till the heart  and not only the heart  grows sick, and the mad brain whirls and reels, have I ridden the small, but extremely hard, horse, that may, for a penny, be mounted amid the plains of Peckham Rye; and high above the heads of the giddy throngs of Barnet (though it is doubtful if anyone among them was half so giddy as was I) have I swung in highly coloured car, worked by a man with a rope. ROUND AND ROUND TILL THE HEART AND NOT ONLY THE HEART GROWS SICK AND THE MAD BRAIN WHIRLS AND REELS HAVE I RIDDEN THE SMALL BUT EXTREMELY HARD HORSE THAT MAY FOR A PENNY BE MOUNTED AMID THE PLAINS OF PECKHAM RYE AND HIGH ABOVE THE HEADS OF THE GIDDY THRONGS OF BARNET THOUGH IT IS DOUBTFUL IF ANY ONE AMONG THEM WAS HALF SO GIDDY AS WAS I HAVE I SWUNG IN HIGHLY COLOURED CAR WORKED BY A MAN WITH A ROPE
y-moving ass I have urged--or, to speak more correctly, the proprietor of the ass, or his agent, from behind has urged--my wild career across the sandy heaths of Hampstead, and my canoe has startled the screaming wild-fowl from their lonely haunts amid the sub-tropical regions of Battersea. Adown the long, steep slope of One Tree Hill have I rolled from top to foot, while laughing maidens of the East stood round and clapped their hands and yelled; and, in the old-world garden of that pleasant Court, where played the fair-haired children of the ill-starred Stuarts, have I wandered long through many paths, my arm entwined about the waist of one of Eve's sweet daughters, while her mother raged around indignantly on the other side of the hedge, and never seemed to get any nearer to us. I have chased the lodging-house Norfolk Howard to his watery death by the pale lamp's light; I have, shivering, followed the leaping flea o'er many a mile of pillow and sheet, by the great Atlantic's margin. HE BACK OF THE STRANGELY MOVING ASS I HAVE URGED OR TO SPEAK MORE CORRECTLY THE PROPRIETOR OF THE ASS OR HIS AGENT FROM BEHIND HAS URGED MY WILD CAREER ACROSS THE SANDY HEATHS OF HAMPSTEAD AND MY CANOE HAS STARTLED THE SCREAMING WILD FOWL FROM THEIR LONELY HAUNTS AMID THE SUB TROPICAL REGIONS OF BATTERSEA ADOWN THE LONG STEEP SLOPE OF ONE TREE HILL HAVE I ROLLED FROM TOP TO FOOT WHILE LAUGHING MAIDENS OF THE EAST STOOD ROUND AND CLAPPED THEIR HANDS AND YELLED AND IN THE OLD WORLD GARDEN OF THAT PLEASANT COURT WHERE PLAYED THE FAIR HAIRED CHILDREN OF THE ILL STARRED STUARTS HAVE I WANDERED LONG THROUGH MANY PATHS MY ARM ENTWINED ABOUT THE WAIST OF ONE OF EVE'S SWEET DAUGHTERS WHILE HER MOTHER RAGED AROUND INDIGNANTLY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HEDGE AND NEVER SEEMED TO GET ANY NEARER TO US I HAVE CHASED THE LODGING HOUSE NORFOLK HOWARD TO HIS WATERY DEATH BY THE PALE LAMP'S LIGHT I HAVE SHIVERING FOLLOWED THE LEAPING FLEA O'ER MANY A MILE OF PILLOW AND SHEET BY THE GREAT ATLANTIC'S MARGIN
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