Night Snowy Owl
Beware, beware, his flashing eyes, his floating hair!
Weave a circle round him thrice
and close your eyes with holy dread.
For he on lemming bones hath fed
And drunk the voles of Paradise!
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Beware, beware, his flashing eyes, his floating hair!
Weave a circle round him thrice
and close your eyes with holy dread.
For he on lemming bones hath fed
And drunk the voles of Paradise!
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Photo. Real, a snowy owl just north of Regina — but really taken in daytime.
The Brightness slider plummeted; temptation gripped me, and I fell.
Apologies to Coleridge fans for stealing lines from Kubla Khan.
(For my sins, I had to study this in high school, and it stuck.)
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