Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE HARE, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE



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First Line: In the black furrow of a field
Last Line: She fled, and left the moonlight there.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter


In the black furrow of a field
I saw an old witch-hare this night;
And she cocked a lissome ear,
And she eyed the moon so bright,
And she nibbled of the green;
And I whispered 'Whsst! witch-hare,'
Away like a ghostie o'er the field
She fled, and left the moonlight there.





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