Are more than they.”

“Then why,” I shrieked, “do gods create?”

As nightfall near and nearer drew,

On either side, a closèd gate ...

I stood, an old man, desolate,

Between the two.

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A LASS, A LOAF, AND A GOOD CIGAR.

Ye, who are caught in the bonds of debt!

Ye, who are whipt with the thongs of scorn!

Feeding the ghost of some old regret