<h2><SPAN name="THE_MISCREANT" id="THE_MISCREANT"></SPAN>The Miscreant</h2>
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<span class="i0"><span class="letra">H</span>E glares out from the gathering dusk<br/></span>
<span class="i2">With furtive glancing eye,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">A creature hunted, and at war<br/></span>
<span class="i2">With every passer-by.<br/></span></div>
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<span class="i0">Such a malignant face he turns,<br/></span>
<span class="i2">You feel a sudden fear,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Born of the knowledge which proclaims<br/></span>
<span class="i2">An evil thing is near.<br/></span></div>
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<span class="i0">A man goes by—ah, mark that scowl—<br/></span>
<span class="i2">A woman young and fair,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Evil the look he bends on her—<br/></span>
<span class="i2">Then comes a gallant pair.<br/></span></div>
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<span class="i0">A laddie tall, and by his side<br/></span>
<span class="i2">A baby-girl, who cries<br/></span>
<span class="i0"><i>Good night!</i> out to the miscreant,<br/></span>
<span class="i2">And laughs up in his eyes.<br/></span></div>
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<span class="i0">At strife is he with all the world,<br/></span>
<span class="i2">But for a moment’s space,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Something akin to tenderness<br/></span>
<span class="i2">Flares up in that dark face.<br/></span></div>
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<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_100" id="page_100"></SPAN>{100}</span></p>
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