Distant Castanets  In love with Spanish eyes: hot as smoldering coals, black as polished ebony in moonlight. The Poet Puts Down His Pen All said, all done and done; the moonlit stream runs dry – the wolves no longer answer his echo . . . Where Are You, Ellis Bell? After so many years, do you roam the wild heath or sleep at the foot of that cliff you loved?      * Ellis Bell: Pen name for Emily Bronte.

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