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Rh V.

The trumpet blew; Heart shot a glance

To catch his lady's eye,

But Brain gazed straight ahead, his lance

To aim more faithfully.

VI.

They charged, they struck; both fell, both bled;

Brain rose again, ungloved;

Heart, dying, smiled and faintly said,

"My love to my beloved."

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The Wind and the Moon.

the Wind to the Moon, "I will blow you out,

You stare

In the air

Like a ghost in a chair,

Always looking what I am about—

I hate to be watched; I'll blow you out."

The Wind blew hard, and out went the Moon.

So, deep

On a heap

Of clouds to sleep,

Down lay the Wind, and slumbered soon,

Muttering low, "I've done for that Moon."