The Owl

Alfred Lord TennysonAlfred Lord Tennyson

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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.When merry milkmaids click the latch,
  And rarely smells the new-mown hay,
And the **** 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.
Alfred Lord Tennyson
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Alfred Lord Tennyson

1809 - 1882/Male/EnglishTennyson's verse was based on classical mythological themes, blank verse, and as the ninth most frequently quoted writer in dictionaries.

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