The Treasure Of The Wise Man
O the night was dark and the night was late, And the robbers came to rob him; And they picked the locks of his palace-gate, The robbers that came to rob him - They picked the locks of his palace-gate, Seized his jewels and gems of state, His coffers of gold and his priceless plate, - The robbers that came to rob him. But loud laughed he in the morning red! - For of what had the robbers robbed him? - Ho! hidden safe, as he slept in bed, When the robbers came to rob him, - They robbed him not of a golden shred Of the childish dreams in his wise old head - "And they're welcome to all things else," he said, When the robbers came to rob him.
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"O the night was dark and the night was late,..."
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