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DEAF by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON

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First Line: THIS DAY LAST YEAR I HEARD THE CURLEW CALLING
Last Line: DOWN SLACK AND SYKE.

This day last year I heard the curlew calling
By Hallypike
And the clear tinkle of hill-waters falling
Down slack and syke.

But now I cannot hear the shrapnel's screaming,
The screech of shells:
And if again I see the blue lough gleaming
Among the fells

Unheard of me will be the curlew's calling
By Hallypike
And the clear tinkle of hill-waters falling
Down slack and syke.



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