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CRAZED by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE

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First Line: I KNOW A POOL WHERE NIGHTSHADE PREENS
Last Line: HIGH ON THE WINDY HILL.
I know a pool where nightshade preens
Her poisonous fruitage in the moon;
Where the frail aspen her shadow leans
In midnight cold a-swoon.

I know a meadow flat with gold --
A million million burning flowers
In moon-sun's thirst their buds unfold
Beneath his blazing showers.

I saw a crazed face, did I,
Stare from the lattice of a mill,
While the lank sails clacked idly by
High on the windy hill.



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