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Before the wheel had been invented, And soft leather covered feet Picked their way through bramble bush Where grass now cut so neat, Danger lurked away from path In dark tangle overhead, And traveller caught out late Would sooner be a bed. Then gradually as census grew Apace with crowding villains, The danger moved from out the trees As highway inflicted pains Upon those seeking comfort, And ease of progress to The town at edge of river, For market sales new. As time swept on, the human tide Grew vast as like a sea, Turning away all in its sight And forcing under-growth to flee, This flow, now a snaking non stop river, Like a dragon roaring, smoking flames, Humans hid behind glass eye and metal scales, Where space surrounds for quiet games. |