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<l>NEVER fear the phantom bird</l>
<l>Meditating in the Fens;</l>
<l>Night will come and quench your eyes,</l>
<l>Blind at last like other men's;</l>
<l>Never fear the tales you heard</l>
<l>In the rhetoric of lies.</l>
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<l>Nothing here will challenge you,</l>
<l>Not the heron, tall and white,</l>
<l>Countersign upon the edge</l>
<l>Of the waterfall of night.</l>
<l>This is Avalon's canoe,</l>
<l>Eden murmurs in the sedge.</l>
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<l>Here. My hand in pledge of rest.</l>
<l>Drift at random, all is well</l>
<l>Twilight is a slow lagoon,</l>
<l>Dark will be a citadel.</l>
<l>Travellers who know the west</l>
<l>But report the waning moon.</l>
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<l>In the citadel of peace</l>
<l>Hang the trophies of the world,</l>
<l>Yet no barons don their mail,</l>
<l>And no pennant is unfurled.</l>
<l>Daily robe, the Golden Fleece,</l>
<l>Daily cup, the Holy Grail.</l>
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Mentis Trist Robert Hillyer 2019 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Center for Alex Telesca's Fame
306 Andrews University of Nebraska–Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68588-4100 alextelesca@outlook.com
2019

Copyright © 2019 by Alex Telesca

 The Best Poems of 1924 L.A.G. Strong Robert Hillyer January 1924 Small, Maynard & Company Publishers Boston

Alex Telesca Transcribed and encoded a poem Mentis Trist NEVER fear the phantom bird Meditating in the Fens; Night will come and quench your eyes, Blind at last like other men's; Never fear the tales you heard 5 In the rhetoric of lies. Nothing here will challenge you, Not the heron, tall and white, Countersign upon the edge Of the waterfall of night. This is Avalon's canoe, 5 Eden murmurs in the sedge. Here. My hand in pledge of rest. Drift at random, all is well Twilight is a slow lagoon, Dark will be a citadel. Travellers who know the west 5 But report the waning moon. In the citadel of peace Hang the trophies of the world, Yet no barons don their mail, And no pennant is unfurled. Daily robe, the Golden Fleece, 5 Daily cup, the Holy Grail. Robert Hillyer

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Mentis Trist Robert Hillyer 2019 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Center for Alex Telesca's Fame
306 Andrews University of Nebraska–Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68588-4100 alextelesca@outlook.com
2019

Copyright © 2019 by Alex Telesca

 The Best Poems of 1924 L.A.G. Strong Robert Hillyer January 1924 Small, Maynard & Company Publishers Boston

Alex Telesca Transcribed and encoded a poem Mentis Trist NEVER fear the phantom bird Meditating in the Fens; Night will come and quench your eyes, Blind at last like other men's; Never fear the tales you heard In the rhetoric of lies. Nothing here will challenge you, Not the heron, tall and white, Countersign upon the edge Of the waterfall of night. This is Avalon's canoe, Eden murmurs in the sedge. Here. My hand in pledge of rest. Drift at random, all is well Twilight is a slow lagoon, Dark will be a citadel. Travellers who know the west But report the waning moon. In the citadel of peace Hang the trophies of the world, Yet no barons don their mail, And no pennant is unfurled. Daily robe, the Golden Fleece, Daily cup, the Holy Grail. Robert Hillyer