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Nisaccom: And an explanation of the provenance of that handwritten copy of 1855 in this auctioneer's description of a handful of letters to one Miss Gould, which sold in 2018 for €500. (Click 'Read more' to see it.)
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Ballade Of The Midnight Forest
by Andrew Lang
Still sing the mocking fairies, as of old,
Beneath the shade of thorn and holly-tree;
The west wind breathes upon them, pure and cold,
And wolves still dread Diana roaming free
In secret woodland with her company.
'Tis thought the peasants' hovels know her rite
When now the wolds are bathed in silver light,
And first the moonrise breaks the dusky grey,
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