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BALLADE OF GUIDELESS CLIMBING
And inflicted a terrible gash
On the person behind in a funk'—
A mixture of prudence and dash
Turns not from the wall of the Mo6nch.
ENVOI
Prince, both of us, axe and hobnail,
Surmounted it, fellows of spunk!
It would be a terrible gale
Turned us from the wall of the Moénch.
1 Any member of the English Alpine Club.