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King Witlaf's Drinking-horn.



Witlaf, a king of the Saxons,
 Ere yet his last he breathed,
To the merry monks of Croyland
 His drinking-horn bequeathed,—

That, whenever they sat at their revels,
 And drank from the golden bowl,
They might remember the donor,
 And breathe a prayer for his soul.

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