. Birds and flowers, or, Lays and lyrics of rural life . )oil,But he did the men of war eschew; There were lowly seifs who tilled the soil,But with toilinc: serfs he had nought to do. THE MANDRAKE. Lut now and then might with him be seenTwo other old men with look jDrofound, Who peered mid the leaves of the ]\Iandrakegreen,And lightened with care the soil around. 83 >^-t v^^. For the king was sick, and of help had need :Or he had a foe whom art must quell, So he sent to the learned man with speedTo gather for him a Mandrake spell. THE MANDRAKE. And at night, when the moon was at the full,Wh
. Birds and flowers, or, Lays and lyrics of rural life . )oil,But he did the men of war eschew; There were lowly seifs who tilled the soil,But with toilinc: serfs he had nought to do. THE MANDRAKE. Lut now and then might with him be seenTwo other old men with look jDrofound, Who peered mid the leaves of the ]\Iandrakegreen,And lightened with care the soil around. 83 >^-t v^^. For the king was sick, and of help had need :Or he had a foe whom art must quell, So he sent to the learned man with speedTo gather for him a Mandrake spell. THE MANDRAKE. And at night, when the moon was at the full,When the air was still and the stars were out, Came the three the Mandrake root to pull,With the help of the ban-dog fierce and stout. Oh, the Mandrake root! and the}^ 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 Mandra
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