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THE OWL (1) by ALFRED TENNYSON

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First Line: WHEN CATS RUN HOME AND LIGHT IS COME
Last Line: THE WHITE OWL IN THE BELFRY SITS.
Subject(s): BIRDS; OWLS;
I

WHEN cats run home and light is come,
And dew is cold upon the ground,
And the far-off stream is dumb,
And the whirring sail goes round,
And the whirring sail goes round;
Alone and warming his five wits,
The white owl in the belfry sits.

II

When merry milkmaids click the latch,
And rarely smells the new-mown hay,
And the cock hath sung beneath the thatch
Twice or thrice his roundelay,
Twice or thrice his roundelay;
Alone and warming his five wits,
The white owl in the belfry sits.





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