. Birds and flowers, or, Lays and lyrics of rural life . ^ listened, all awful sounds, and they spoke no word; And when the owl screeched from the hollow said twas the Mandrakes groan they heard. And words they n^uttered, but what none knew, With motion slow of hand and foot;Then into the cave the three withdrew, And carried with them the Mandrake root. They were all scholars of high degree, So they took the root of the Mandrake fell. And cut and carved it hideously,And muttered it into a magic spell. Then who had been there by dawn of day, Micjht have seen the two from the
. Birds and flowers, or, Lays and lyrics of rural life . ^ listened, all awful sounds, and they spoke no word; And when the owl screeched from the hollow said twas the Mandrakes groan they heard. And words they n^uttered, but what none knew, With motion slow of hand and foot;Then into the cave the three withdrew, And carried with them the Mandrake root. They were all scholars of high degree, So they took the root of the Mandrake fell. And cut and carved it hideously,And muttered it into a magic spell. Then who had been there by dawn of day, Micjht have seen the two from the o-rated door Speed forth ; and as sure as they went away,The magic Mandrake root they bore. THE MANDRAKE. 85 And the old lord up in his chamber sat,Blessing himself, sedate and mute, That he thus could gift the wise and greatWith more than ofold—the Mandrake
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