Living
When the Mad Wolf Hath Hit the Scatter'd Sheep
From Works and Life, ed. Forster, vol. VIII (1876)
Living
When the mad wolf hath hit the scatter'd sheep,
The madden'd flock their penfold overleap,
And, rushing blind with fury, trample down
The kindest master with the coarsest clown.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “When the Mad Wolf Hath Hit the Scatter'd Sheep.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/682/.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “When the Mad Wolf Hath Hit the Scatter'd Sheep.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/682/.
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