The jailer of the wild gods in the heart?’

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“We were a ragtail crew—wild-haired, half dressed,

All shouting, ‘Up, for Dymer! Up away!’

Yet each one always watching all the rest

And looking to his back. And some were gay

Like drunk men, some were cringing, pinched and grey

With terror dry on the lip. (The older ones

Had had the sense enough to bring their guns.)

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