THE BOOK OF PSOMETHINGS

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CHAPTER 1
1 aThe boy stood on the burning deck,
2 Whence all but he had fled,
3 Something something,
4 bA bullet in his head,
5 Or something,
6 And so forth,
7 And so on.

CHAPTER 2
1 Under the spreading cchestnut tree,
2 The village smithy stands;
3 The smith a mighty man is he,
4 With something dsomething hands,
5 And so forth,
6 eAnd so on.

CHAPTER 3
1 fHumpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
2 gHumpty Dumpty had a great fall.
3 Something something,
4 hAnd all the king's men,
5 Couldn't put Humpty together again,
6 Or something like that.

CHAPTER 4
1 iTo be or not to be,
2 That is the question.
3 Whether 'tis nobler in the mind,
4 Something something,
5 jOr to take up a sea of arms,
6 Against something something troubles,
a.Dav.32.1
Bks.3.14
b.Psom.50.5
c.Psay.5O.10
d.Psom.41.7
e.Yks.67.5
f.Ed.28.6
g.Al.2.11
h.Psay.2.1
i.Mall.18.1-2
j.Mall.10.13
k.Mall.18.3
l.Mall.6.24
m.Carl.3.8
n.Dav.32.23
o.Psom.22.2
p.Pnot.13.5
q.Dav.52.4
r.Dav.35.18
s.Jefs.7.46
t.Brit.56.12-13
7 And something,
8 kOr to shuffle off this mortal coil,
9 And something to sleep,
10 lTo sleep, perchance to dream,
11 Something something,
12 mIn a bare bodkin,
13 Or something.

CHAPTER 5
1 I have a little nshadow.
2 That goes in and out with me,
3 Something something,
4 Something something,
5 And so forth,
6 And so on.

CHAPTER 6
1 Something something in the widening ogyre;
2 The center cannot hold;
3 pThings fall apart,
4 Something something lack all conviction,
5 And qsomething something intensity,
6 rSomething slouching something Bethlehem,
7 sSomething something born.

CHAPTER 7
1 Now I lay me down to sleep,
2 I pray the Lord something something.
3 If I should die before I wake,
4 tI pray the Lord to do something,
5 Amen.