Trafika Europe 1 - Northern Idyll

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Hungerfurywater-rippleClanMacDonaldheather

Streteched out handbeside Lough Ree tonight I have as my

delaysleep strawfeatherbedstuff the hungerfurywater-

rippleClanMacDonaldheather

shelterconcealing

the

moleblindbirdfundamentpurlingeddystreamlets under the

soles of my feet by a bed of common rushes and

woodsorrelbulrushes or mancunningwolfsnarebendamong

the

wild-ducklaughter-reeds

with

the

bamboocanesteepleveilqueel-rods nimbledartbending by

the foot of the riverchannelcoastbeach and bad-

temperbreezeruffling and whitecockrilleddywavecrests

moving on the harvestcropcreambranchsurface of the sea-

armlough,

crabbedroughmeangloomyloweredwind-

ruinedbreezyandverycold

and

gloomydarkunsociable-

lonely.

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