witch in Nevermore
forest groves--away through the rocky defiles where the mare's bare hoofs rang from time to time as on metal--away through sedgy morass and water-laden plain--away through the long gray tussac grass, which rustled wiry and dry in the hoar-frost. The stars burned and scintillated in the dark blue cl…
- Record ID
- 2,679
- Year
- 1,892
- Source
- Project Gutenberg
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- Record ID
- 2679
- Source
- Project Gutenberg
- Publication
- Nevermore; Rolf Boldrewood
- Published
- 1892; Project Gutenberg public-domain transcription
- Narrative type
- Retellings and Adaptations
- Public-text label
- witch
- Archive period
- Federation Era
- Location
- Australia (Australia): B
- Source voice
- Source Grounded Section Record
- Publicness
- Public Domain Public Web
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forest groves--away through the rocky defiles where the mare's bare hoofs rang from time to time as on metal--away through sedgy morass and water-laden plain--away through the long gray tussac grass, which rustled wiry and dry in the hoar-frost. The stars burned and scintillated in the dark blue cloudless sky. The low moon rose and stared--redly, weird, and witch-like--upon the solitary woman threading alone the dim desolate waste. All silently, yet surely, the slow hours sped. Still wound the forest path, serpent-like, amid untouched primeval giants. Still clattered the fleet mare's hoofs along the uneven trail. The great.
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