Those Chinamen climb towards, and I

There, on the mountain and the sky,

I HAVE heard that hysterical women say

Do not break up their lines to weep.

Two Chinamen, behind them a third,

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The third, doubtless a serving-man,

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Until the town lie beaten flat.

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Of a slender palm, stood but a day;

Made draperies that seemed to rise

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The great stage curtain about to drop,

Every accidental crack or dent,