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There's Something Strange. A Buffalo Song.

By Thomas Moore

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There's something strange, I know not what,                     Come o'er me,     Some phantom I've for ever got                     Before me.     I look on high and in the sky                     'Tis shining;     On earth, its light with all things bright                     Seems twining.     In vain I try this goblin's spells                     To sever;     Go where I will, it round me dwells                     For ever.     And then what tricks by day and night                     It plays me;     In every shape the wicked sprite                     Waylays me.     Sometimes like two bright eyes of blue                     'Tis glancing;     Sometimes like feet, in slippers neat,                     Comes dancing.     By whispers round of every sort                     I'm taunted.     Never was mortal man, in short,                     So haunted.

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Thomas Moore

About Thomas Moore

Thomas Moore (1779–1852) was an Irish poet, singer, and songwriter best known for "Irish Melodies" (1808–1834), a collection of songs including "The Last Rose of Summer" and "Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms." He was the most popular poet of his era in the British Isles.

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