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Eustace blessed with complicated name,
Stodgy and unwieldy and strange —
From the beginning there's hope, just the same.
Light shines in the middle, hidden from you.
Clarence, from Clare, shining and true.
If I told you back then you'd have thought me deranged.
You're snide and scoffing, but lonely, I think
On the pages where we first meet.
You haven't yet been drawn to the brink.
So fond of knowledge, but only when dead;
Pinned down to favor your superior head –
Wild Life will sweep you off your feet.