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THE SWAN-NECK.
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 Up and spake two brethren wise,'Youngest hearts have keenest eyes;Bird which leaves its mother's nest,Moults its pinion, moults its crest.Let us call the Swan-neck here,She that was his leman dear,She shall know him in this stound;Foot of wolf, and scent of hound,Eye of hawk, and wing of dove,Carry woman to her love.'  Up and spake the Swan-neck high,'Go! to all your thanes let cryHow I loved him best of all,I whom men his leman call;Better knew his body fairThan the mother which him bare.When ye lived in wealth and gleeThen ye scorned to look on me;God hath brought the proud ones lowAfter me afoot to go.'
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