Hamden Hall Country Day School - Perennial Pine Yearbook (New Haven, CT)

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THE HOUSE IN THE WOOD I can remember the house in the wood, And the well that by it stood, The trees that 'round it grew, And all the places I ever knewg Yes, I can remember them still, Every valley and every hillg Oh, how I long to return To the house for which I yearn. Thomas Barrow Grade VIII THE BALLAD OF THE WEREWOLF The police chief did swearg he tore his hair, And he called his troopers nearg WThere's a werewolf around, so I have found, And the people live in great fear. He's an ordinary man, but in full moonlight He's a werewolf--Now,men, get him here.W The men understoodg he knew they would: He proceeded to think up a plang They would not wait, but sat up late, Planning traps for the bewitched man. Harold Mazurd, no doubt you've heard, Thinks up things if anyone can. 'Twas a night of dire and mystic desire The full moon shone on high, And three sisters bold, through the vapors cold, Shone in the midnight skyg While the clouds went rolling by. A werewolf was out, there is ne'er a doubt, In the silence of the nightg The people he'1l meet out on the street Will shriek and moan in fright. He steals through the street of the darkened town By the eerie full moon's light!

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Every door was barred: the police on guard With naught to do but waitg While the world all slept and the shadows crept The troopers stayed up lateg Suddenly they saw a shadow Steal through the alley gate. There was a shout: three shots rang And then they shot again. cut, The bullets whizzed through the midnight blue, And there was a ery of pain. The police rushed up to the scene, The werewolfs death was plain. The shape of the wercwolf's head Began to be faintly blurred: The face grew round, bristles dropp The police, they uttered the word: The features changed to a hwnan fac ed to the ground Gs 'Twas the police chief, Harold Mazurdl Robert Murdock '46 Il !Como esta usted, Carlos? Q De que se trata, Carlos? BEstudio mucho hey, Carlos? Carlos dice, nHuh?U LA cuantos estamos, Carlos? iQue hora es ahora, Carlos? bComo se llama usted, Carlos? Carlos dice, NHuh?n Lewis Rashmir '45