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"Ah, snug lie those that slumber

Beneath conviction's roof

Their floors are sturdy lumber;

Their windows weatherproof.

But I sleep cold forever

And cold sleep all my kind,

For I was born to shiver

In the draft from an open mind."  



- Phyllis McGinley from "Lament for an Wavering Viewpoint,"  A Pocketful of Wry (1940)