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Fifteen times the leaves had shorn, |
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Trod by boy and beast |
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Kith and kin to fare him well |
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The youngling parted east |
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The rite was whet and worn with time, |
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As sons dared risk unseen |
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Mere passage had convinced the herd |
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And none defied routine |
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Eyes, fixed afar - a trial to come |
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Now, his suffering - only begun |
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He journeyed deep into the woods, |
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And took no drink or food |
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Desperate to become a man, |
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'Fore stupor choked his mood |
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Carrion gloated at each step, |
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In dreams the evil milled |
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Doubting every sickened thought |
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Depraved against his will |
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Eyes, turn inwards - observe with hate |
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Now, this suffering - will not abate |
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Growing weakness in his gait |
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He slumped beneath the sun |
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Each bleeding foot began to weep |
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Skin and bone was one |
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Rousing with a fitful gasp |
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He crawled on tattered knees |
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And bound for home by moon and star |
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His trial was complete |
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Staggers carried him to town |
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His joy was soon to shed |
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Kith and kin would greet him not |
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For each one was dead |
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The sixteenth leaves began to fall |
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Indifferent, they withstood |
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Now, a man with nothing left |
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He turned back for the woods |