The poem
"The underground roads Are, as the dead prefer them, Always tortuous."
"When he looked the cave in the eye, Hercules Had a moment of doubt."
Leaning out over The dreadful precipice, One contemptuous tree."
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The poem
"The underground roads Are, as the dead prefer them, Always tortuous."
"When he looked the cave in the eye, Hercules Had a moment of doubt."
Leaning out over The dreadful precipice, One contemptuous tree."
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