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I'VE HEARD MY NEIGHBOR'S PUMP AT NIGHT, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
Last Line: Or else the squeak of a meadow hen
Subject(s): Wells; Neighbors


I've heard my neighbor's pump at night,
Long after Lyra sunk her light,
As if it were a natural sound,
And proper utterance of the ground ''"
Perchance some bittern in a fen ''"
Or else the squeak of a meadow hen.





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