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A GADARENE.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

He hath escaped, hath plucked his chains asunder,

And broken his fetters; always night and day

Is in the mountains here, and in the tombs,

Crying aloud, and cutting himself with stones,

Exceeding fierce, so that no man can tame him!

 

THE DEMONIAC from above, unseen.

O Aschmedai! O Aschmedai, have pity!