"Dream-Pedlary": Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1803-1849)
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x (/) | x / | x / If there were dreams to sell, / x | x / What would you buy? / / |x / | x / Some cost a passing-bell; / x| / / Some a light sigh, x / | x / | / / That shakes from Life's fresh crown/ x|x / | x / Only a roseleaf down. x (/) | x / | x / If there were dreams to sell, / x| x / | x / Merry and sad to tell, x x /|x / | x / And the crier rung the bell, / x | x / What would you buy?