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The Horseman

by Walter de la Mare
From Peacock Pie (1913)

I heard a horseman
   Ride over the hill;
The moon shone clear,
The night was still;
His helm was silver,
   And pale was he;
And the horse he rode
   Was of ivory.

This poem is in the public domain. Source text: Project Gutenberg.

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