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The Massacre

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The shadow of a poplar tree     Lay in that lake of sun, As I with my little sword went in -     Against a thousand, one. Haughty and infinitely armed,     Insolent in their wrath, Plumed high with purple plumes they held     The narrow meadow path. The air was sultry; all was still;     The sun like flashing glass; And snip-snap my light-whispering steel     In arcs of light did pass. Lightly and dull fell each proud head,     Spiked keen without avail, Till swam my uncontented blade     With ichor green and pale. And silence fell: the rushing sun     Stood still in paths of heat, Gazing in waves of horror on     The dead about my feet. Never a whir of wing, no bee     Stirred o'er the shameful slain; Nought but a thirsty wasp crept in,     Stooped, and came out again. The very air trembled in fear;     Eclipsing shadow seemed Rising in crimson waves of gloom -     On one who dreamed.

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