REH’s Writings

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The Song of the Bats

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SectionFinished and Professional

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The dusk was on the mountainAnd the stars were dim and frailWhen the bats came flying, flyingFrom the river and the vale

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Finished / professionalThe Song of the Bats

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King Solomonbiblical king and magician invoked in the legend of the imprisoned Horror1 textual state