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Beside a swamp they found
Hoar hair, a litter of white colossal bones,
Ensanguined shreds of jewelled lion-fells,
The huge gold crown and ponderous spear of Cain,
And, fixed between the ribs, the fatal shaft
Which Lamech shot unwitting; but against
The life of Lamech no man lifted hand.
Hoar hair, a litter of white colossal bones,
Ensanguined shreds of jewelled lion-fells,
The huge gold crown and ponderous spear of Cain,
And, fixed between the ribs, the fatal shaft
Which Lamech shot unwitting; but against
The life of Lamech no man lifted hand.
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