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witch in Nevermore

YEAR
1892
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SOURCE
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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
Index status
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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
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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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