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THE SATYR by JAMES STEPHENS

First Line: THERE CAME A SATYR CREEPING THROUGH THE WOOD
Last Line: AND DISAPPEARED AMONG THE GREENERY!
Subject(s): FORESTS; WOODS;

There came a satyr creeping through the wood,
His hair fell on his breast, his legs were slim:
His eyes were dancing wickedly, he stood,
He peeped about on every side of him.

He danced! He peeped! But, at a sound I made,
A crackling twig, he turned; and, suddenly,
In three great jumps, he bounded to the shade,
And disappeared among the greenery!



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