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THE THRUSH AND POLYPHEMUS by JACK MERTEN

First Line: A MOUNTAIN OAK CORE-RIVEN BY A GALE
Last Line: "I SEE, POLYPHEMUS, WHERE YOUR ROCKS MISS HITTING."
Subject(s): MOUNTAINS; NATURE; HILLS; DOWNS (GREAT BRITAIN);

A MOUNTAIN oak core-riven by a gale,
Shaking its roots and limbs, and stones upstarting;
Such was blind Polyphemus raging on the crags,
Hurling boulders after the ships departing.

Upon the green tuft of a pine nearby
A curious, watchful little thrush was sitting;
"Though I am no giant, though my eyes are small,
I see, Polyphemus, where your rocks miss hitting."



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