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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 CroylandHis 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.