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THE SKAITH OF GUILLARDUN: 60 by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE

First Line: HE PENT HER IN HIS BOSOM'S MASSY FOLD
Last Line: AFTER LONG SILENCE CHILL HIS ACCENTS BROKE—
Subject(s): LOVE;

He pent her in his bosom's massy fold
Anigh the heave and storm-press of his heart,
Then full at arm's length did her wan face hold,
Then drew her lips to his to ease his smart.
And all around them beeches rain'd their gold,
For Autumn here lay slain by Winter's dart.
Down russet wood-ways, dim with drift of oak,
After long silence chill his accents broke—



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