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He could detect that peppermint’s existence,
He read its nature in the book of doom;
Standing at some considerable distance;
Standing, in fact, in quite another room.
He read its nature in the book of doom;
Standing at some considerable distance;
Standing, in fact, in quite another room.
Was there a faint impenetrable essence
Wafted towards him from the sucking K.?
Did some pale ghost inform him of its presence?
Or did it happen in some other way?
Wafted towards him from the sucking K.?
Did some pale ghost inform him of its presence?
Or did it happen in some other way?
These are the questions nobody can answer,
These are the problems nobody can solve;
Only we know that Man is an Advancer:
Only we know the Centuries revolve.
These are the problems nobody can solve;
Only we know that Man is an Advancer:
Only we know the Centuries revolve.
Reflector, Jan., 1888.
