Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE RIVALS, by JAMES STEPHENS


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First Line: I heard a bird at dawn
Last Line: As he sang upon a tree!
Subject(s): Birds; Singing & Singers; Songs


I heard a bird at dawn
Singing sweetly on a tree,
That the dew was on the lawn,
And the wind was on the lea;
But I didn't listen to him,
For he didn't sing to me!

I didn't listen to him,
For he didn't sing to me
That the dew was on the lawn
And the wind was on the lea!
I was singing at the time,
Just as prettily as he!

I was singing all the time,
Just as prettily as he,
About the dew upon the lawn,
And the wind upon the lea!
So I didn't listen to him,
As he sang upon a tree!





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