| Thomas R. Lounsbury, ed. (18381915). Yale Book of American Verse. 1912. |
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| George William Curtis. 18241892 |
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| 152. Spring Song |
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| A BIRD sang sweet and strong | |
| In the top of the highest tree, | |
| He said, "I pour out my heart in song | |
| For the summer that soon shall be." | |
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| But deep in the shady wood, | 5 |
| Another bird sang, "I pour | |
| My heart on the solemn solitude | |
| For the springs that return no more." | |
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