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THE OWL (2) by ALFRED TENNYSON

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First Line: THY TUWHITS ARE LULL'D I WOT
Last Line: TUWHOO, TUWHIT, TUWHIT, TUWHOO-O-O!
Subject(s): BIRDS; OWLS;
I

THY tuwhits are lull'd, I wot,
Thy tuwhoos of yesternight,
Which upon the dark afloat,
So took echo with delight,
So took echo with delight,
That her voice, untuneful grown,
Wears all day a fainter tone.

II

I would mock thy chaunt anew;
But I cannot mimic it;
Not a whit of thy tuwhoo,
Thee to woo to thy tuwhit,
Thee to woo to thy tuwhit,
With a lengthen'd loud halloo,
Tuwhoo, tuwhit, tuwhit, tuwhoo-o-o!





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