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Master

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Master went a-hunting,     When the leaves were falling;     We saw him on the bridle path,     We heard him gaily calling.     'Oh master, master, come you back,     For I have dreamed a dream so black!'     A glint of steel from bit and heel,     The chestnut cantered faster;     A red flash seen amid the green,     And so good-bye to master.     Master came from hunting,     Two silent comrades bore him;     His eyes were dim, his face was white,     The mare was led before him.     'Oh, master, master, is it thus     That you have come again to us?'     I held my lady's ice-cold hand,     They bore the hurdle past her;     Why should they go so soft and slow?     It matters not to master.

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