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THE BLACK CLOUD by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

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First Line: LITTLE FLOCKS OF PEACEFUL CLOUDS
Last Line: TEAR AN OAK TREE'S BOWELS OUT.
Subject(s): CLOUDS;
Little flocks of peaceful clouds,
Lying in your fields so blue,
While my eyes look up they see
A black Ram coming close to you.

He will scatter you poor flocks,
He will tear up north and south;
Lightning will come from his eye,
And fierce thunder from his mouth.

Little flocks of peaceful clouds,
Soon there'll be a dreadful rout;
That Ram's horns can toss big ships,
Tear an oak tree's bowels out.



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