Versos English James Russell Lowell The Bridge

English poem

The Bridge

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An' so we can't Distinguish 'twixt You oughtn't an' You shan't! She jedges by herself; she's no idear How 't stiddies folks to give 'em their fair sheer: The odds 'twixt her an' us is plain's a steeple,-- Her People's turned to Mob, our Mob's turned People.