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Longlegs

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Longlegs
written by Walter de la Mare
Peacock Pie (1913) Link to further information




LONGLEGS - he yelled "Coo-ee! "
And all across the combe
Shrill and shrill it rang - rang through
The clear green gloom.
Fairies there were a-spinning,
And a white tree-maid
Lifted her eyes, and listened
In her rain-sweet glade.
Bunnie to bunnie stamped; old Wat
Chin-deep in bracken sate;
A throstle piped, "I'm by, I'm by!"
Clear to his timid mate.
And there was Longlegs straddling,
And hearkening was he.
To distant Echo thrilling back
A thin "Coo-ee!"


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