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1882–1935

THE FAUN

Frederic Manning

Kore, O Kore, where art thou fled, Now that the spring blows white in the land? Shake out the honeyed locks o’ thine head; Plunder the lilies that lie to thine hand,

Glistering saffron loved of the bees Murmuring in them, till shadows grow long With dew-dropping silence under the trees, Ere break the voluptuous thrillings of song

From the brown-throated sweet harbourers there Raptured and grieving under the stars....

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