<h3><SPAN name="Spleen" id="Spleen"></SPAN>Spleen</h3>
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The rainy moon of all the world is weary,<br/>
And from its urn a gloomy cold pours down,<br/>
Upon the pallid inmates of the mortuary,<br/>
And on the neighbouring outskirts of the town.<br/>
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My wasted cat, in searching for a litter,<br/>
Bestirs its mangy paws from post to post;<br/>
(A poet's soul that wanders in the gutter,<br/>
With the jaded voice of a shiv'ring ghost).<br/>
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The smoking pine-log, while the drone laments,<br/>
Accompanies the wheezy pendulum,<br/>
The while amidst a haze of dirty scents,<br/>
<br/>
—Those fatal remnants of a sick man's room—<br/>
The gallant knave of hearts and queen of spades<br/>
Relate their ancient amorous escapades.<br/></p>
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