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SECOND HARVEST by CHARLES TRUEMAN LANHAM

First Line: THOU, MEDEA COUNSELLED IN THE SOWING
Last Line: SHADOW-GOLD . . . MOON-GOLD . . . ONE LAST SONG.

Thou, Medea, counselled in the sowing
Of cruel ivory tushes when the new moon shone,
Full blood moon and the bitter crop growing!
Reap it to the root now. Name it thy own.

Jason's on the wide sea. Thine the second taking.
Ivory breasted woman thou hast planted for long.
Full blood moon and the cruel crop waking!
Shadow-gold . . . moon-gold . . . one last song.



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