Fen Tiger

No corner where I am unhunted

Among fir and furze, among furred things

No coign of vantage 

No coin supplants my honour 

Adiaphane sky hides throbbing solar veins gold with sunpour

Vanes spin vainly in the gale 

Procreant urges 

Priapic verges 

Virgin earths unspaded 

Splayed trenches, seed spread throughout

Tanned the bronze arms of the King’s best man, the chief’s manful tanist 

The bards in odes vanquish his cowardice

A screaming sword he holds in his fist.

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