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THE SKAITH OF GUILLARDUN: 90 by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE

First Line: BUT SOON ASTONISHMENT THEIR SENSES BOUND
Last Line: AND BORE BACK WITH A RED FLOWER IN ITS TEETH.
Subject(s): SOLITUDE; LONELINESS;

But soon astonishment their senses bound—
Its furry mate, returning from the wood,
Ran full upon its fellow's death-like swound,
And over the mute form immobile stood;
Then task'd itself to solve that piteous wound,
Raising the listless head in 'wilder'd mood.
Eftsoons it scurried to a lonely heath,
And bore back with a red flower in its teeth.



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