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witch in In Bad Company

YEAR
1901
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witch in In Bad Company

the Austral wild—no malign, amorphous terror, but a benignant sylvan deity—might peer through the forest leaves and smile wonderingly at the fantasies of the 'coming race.' Hark! Is that the grey owl? With strange, unmelodious cry he stirs the stillness. I turn to watch him, as he swims the night a…

Record ID
2,576
Year
1,901
Source
Project Gutenberg
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Record ID
2576
Source
Project Gutenberg
Publication
In Bad Company, and other stories; Rolf Boldrewood
Published
1901; Project Gutenberg public-domain transcription
Narrative type
Retellings and Adaptations
Public-text label
witch
Archive period
Federation Era
Location
Australia (Australia): B
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the Austral wild—no malign, amorphous terror, but a benignant sylvan deity—might peer through the forest leaves and smile wonderingly at the fantasies of the 'coming race.' Hark! Is that the grey owl? With strange, unmelodious cry he stirs the stillness. I turn to watch him, as he swims the night air with moveless wing—dropping, like the emissary of an evil witch, on the willow branch between me and the moon. Bird of ill omen, thou hast shattered my dream! The Palace has disappeared, the lutes are silent, the fair company dispersed; the nightingale, that sang of 'love, and love's sharp woe,' is mute for another century. Only the.

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