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IN MOREH'S WOOD by WINIFRED VIRGINIA JACKSON

First Line: AN AXE,' QUOTH HE, 'IS A SHARP, SHARP THING'
Last Line: "WHEN HUNG WITH A HANDLE OF OAK!"
@3"An axe,"@1 quoth he, @3"is a sharp, sharp thing
When hung with a handle of oak!"@1
And I thought with a sting o' my ha'penny ring
And I thought o' my humble folk.

And I thought o' the day when I vowed I'd be
A maid till he made me his own;
And I thought o' that tree and o' Don Whittlesey --
And o' such as I oughtn't have known.

And I thought, he is crazed and they'll be amazed
When the news to them sudden is broke. . . .
@3"An axe,"@1 quoth he, @3"is a sharp, sharp thing
When hung with a handle of oak!"@1



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