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King Witlaf's Drinking-horn.
Witlaf, a king of the Saxons, Ere yet his last he breathed,To the merry monks of Croyland His drinking-horn bequeathed,—
That, whenever they sat at their revels, And drank from the golden bowl,They might remember the donor, And breathe a prayer for his soul.