Louis Untermeyer, ed. (1885–1977). Modern British Poetry. 1920.
William H. Davies18711940The Villain
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That beamed where’er they looked;
And calves and lambs had tottering knees,
Excited, while they sucked;
Without one thought of harm or wrong—
I turned my head and saw the wind,
Not far from where I stood,
Dragging the corn by her golden hair,
Into a dark and lonely wood.