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RATS undermined the wall,

And while men slept

The floods that basined in the hills, smiled at the day,

Crept in by stealth and tore their bounds away:

And onward swept

Where busy towns in tranquil beauty kept

The peace; and with the power of many waters pent

Homes were engulfed and hills in twain were rent.

Steeple and tower

Fell toppling down, and in a breath

Where happiness had dwelt, were devastation, woe and death,

And these few words were written of the fall:

While watchman slept

Rats undermined the wall.

Albert Annett

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