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ECHOES: 15 by WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY

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First Line: THERE IS A WHEEL INSIDE MY HEAD
Last Line: HE'S PLAYING YOUR FAVOURITE TUNE.
There is a wheel inside my head
Of wantonness and wine
An old, cracked fiddle is begging without,
But the wind with scents of sea is fed,
And the sun seems glad to shine.

The sun and the wind are akin to you,
As you are akin to June.
But the fiddle! . . . It giggles and twitters about,
And, love and laughter! who gave him the cue? --
He's playing your favourite tune.



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