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Midnight (The Adventures Of Seumas Beg)

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And then I wakened up in such a fright;             I thought I heard a movement in the room         But did not dare to look; I snuggled right             Down underneath the bedclothes, then the boom         Of a tremendous voice said, "Sit up, lad,             And let me see your face."    So up I sat,         Although I didn't want to.    I was glad             I did though, for it was an angel that         Had called me, and he said, he'd come to know             Was I the boy who wouldn't say his prayers         Nor do his sums, and that I'd have to go             Straight down to hell because of such affairs.         ... I said I'd be converted and do good             If he would let me off, he said he would.

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"The Text is taken from Percy's Reliques (1765), vol. i. p. 71, 'given from two MS. copies, transmitted from Scotland.' Herd had a very similar bal"

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