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OLD FRESIAN LEGEND by BENJAMIN ROSENBAUM

First Line: THE MOON IS A SILVER FOX
Last Line: "NOW IS THE TIME -- NOW -- NOW!"

THE moon is a silver fox,
Motionless,
Watching the valley.

The wind sings sagas
And I can hear the valley reply:
"Now is the time -- now -- now!"

The wind sweeps the valley with tenderness.
The fox threatens. His shadow hovers,
While the valley replies to some muffled lover in the wind:
"Now is the time -- now -- now!"



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