Kicked the withered leaves about
And thumped the branches with his hand
And said that he’d kill and kill,
And so he will and so he will.
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The night was creeping on the ground;
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I was frightened, for a wind
Something that was in my mindYesterday—Something that I did not knowCould be found out by the wind,I had buried it so lowIn my mind.