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I had a curious dream last night, So odd it set me pondering: Its lesson how to read aright My thoughts afar went wandering.
Methought by evil planet crossed, Or destiny unkind, That I myself myself had lost, And strove in vain to find.
I wandered here, I wandered there, Poor weary-footed elf! But found no traces anywhere Of my unlucky self.
I asked of every one I met If they had seen me lately; A man, said I, well made and set, Though not so very stately.
But none in country or in town Could tell where I had wandered, And so at last I sat me down, And o'er the puzzle pondered.

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