THE CARRION CROW.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 830, 7 October 1916, Page 8

THE CARRION CROW.

A crow silt on a crooked tree, And lirst it cawed, then glowered nt me. Ouotli 1, "Thou hoary, hooded crow, Why do ye glower at nie so?" "I look upon thee live," it sn : d, "That I may better ken thee dead; "That I may claim thee for ny a'n When ye are smoored among the slain." The crow perched on that crooked tree, Nor raised its evil eye I'rae me. It perched upon that cooked thorn. Ami gazed on me as if in scorn: "I'll whet niv bill upon tliv blade Where thou art lying in the glade; "I'll pike out bath thy bourne e'en; I'll pike the flesh i'rae olf each bane; "Thy lips that kissed a lover lair, Cod wot! but I will kiss them bare!" The crow perched on that crooked tree. Nor raised its evil eye fine inc. "Thou horrid, hooded, hoary crow, Why do ye glower at me so?" "1 look upon thee live," it said, "That I may better ken thee dead." (pi. Jos. I.ee, 1/tlh Matt, black Watch.

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