| Louis Untermeyer, ed. (18851977). Modern British Poetry. 1920. |
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| Fiona MacLeod (William Sharp). 18551905 |
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| 18. The Vision |
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| IN a fair place | |
| Of whin and grass, | |
| I heard feet pass | |
| Where no one was. | |
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| I saw a face | 5 |
| Bloom like a flower | |
| Nay, as the rainbow-shower | |
| Of a tempestuous hour. | |
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| It was not man, or woman: | |
| It was not human: | 10 |
| But, beautiful and wild, | |
| Terribly undefiled, | |
| I knew an unborn child. | |
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