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I stood by a lamp post, and they came up to it, and one addressed it, calling the lamp post brother, and said, "O lamp post, our brother of the dark, are there many wrecks by thee in the tides of night? I STOOD BY A LAMP POST AND THEY CAME UP TO IT AND ONE ADDRESSED IT CALLING THE LAMP POST BROTHER AND SAID O LAMP POST OUR BROTHER OF THE DARK ARE THERE MANY WRECKS BY THEE IN THE TIDES OF NIGHT
owards the way I was coming by. Then I turned round to look and had this vision, in Piccadilly, on the opposite side to the houses just after you pass the cab-rank. Tall bent men were coming down the street arrayed in marvelous cloaks. All were sallow of skin and swarthy of hair, and most of them wore strange beards. They were coming slowly, and they walked with staves, and their hands were out for alms. All the beggars had come to town. I would have given them a gold doubloon engraven with the towers of Castile, but I had no such coin. They did not seem the people to who it were fitting to offer the same coin as one tendered for the use of a taxicab (O marvelous, ill-made word, surely the pass-word somewhere of some evil order). Some of them wore purple cloaks with wide green borders, and the border of green was a narrow strip with some, and some wore cloaks of old and faded red, and some wore violet cloaks, and none wore black. And they begged gracefully, as gods might beg for souls. WERE ALL FACING EAST TOWARDS THE WAY I WAS COMING BY THEN I TURNED ROUND TO LOOK AND HAD THIS VISION IN PICCADILLY ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE TO THE HOUSES JUST AFTER YOU PASSED THE CAB RACK TALL BENT MEN WERE COMING DOWN THE STREET ARRAYED IN MARVELOUS CLOAKS ALL WERE SALLOW OF SKIN AND SWARTHY OF HAIR AND MOST OF THEM WORE STRANGE BEARDS THEY WERE COMING SLOWLY AND THEY WALKED WITH STAVES AND THEIR HANDS WERE OUT FOR ALMS ALL THE BEGGARS HAD COME TO TOWN I WOULD HAVE GIVEN THEM A GOLD DOUBLOON ENGRAVEN WITH THE TOWERS OF CASTILE BUT I HAD NO SUCH COIN THEY DID NOT SEEM THE PEOPLE TO WHOM IT WERE FITTING TO OFFER THE SAME COIN AS ONE TENDERED FOR THE USE OF A TAXI CAB OH MARVELLOUS ILL MADE WORD SURELY THE PASSWORD SOMEWHERE OF SOME EVIL ORDER SOME OF THEM WORE PURPLE CLOAKS WITH WIDE GREEN BORDERS AND A BORDER OF GREEN WAS A NARROW STRIP WITH SOME AND SOME WORE CLOAKS OF OLD AND FADED RED AND SOME WORE VIOLET CLOAKS AND NONE WORE BLACK AND THEY BEGGED GRACEFULLY AS GODS MIGHT BEG FOR SOULS
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