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EARTH FOLK by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE

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First Line: THE CAT SHE WALKS ON PADDED CLAWS
Last Line: WHERE NEVER PRINCE HATH JOURNEYED YET.

The cat she walks on padded claws,
The wolf on the hills lays stealthy paws,
Feathered birds in the rain-sweet sky
At their ease in the air, flit low, flit high.

The oak's blind, tender roots pierce deep,
His green crest towers, dimmed in sleep,
Under the stars whose thrones are set
Where never prince hath journeyed yet.



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