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The second night the taper's light Burnt dismally and blue,And every one saw his neighbour's face Like a dead man's face to view.
And yells and cries without arise That the stoutest heart might shock,And a deafening roaring like a cataract pouring Over a mountain rock.
The monk and nun they told their beads As fast as they could tell,And aye as louder grew the noise The faster went the bell.
Louder and louder the choristers sung As they trembled more and more,And the fifty priests prayed to heaven for aid, They never had prayed so before.
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