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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ICE CAGE, by JAMES METHVEN BALLANTYNE
First Line: A red bird in a frozen tree
Last Line: That were a clarion call to prayer.
Subject(s): Birds; Winter
First Line: A red bird in a frozen tree
Last Line: That were a clarion call to prayer.
Subject(s): Birds; Winter
A red bird in a frozen tree
Sang through the icicles to me
Until each silver warbling note
From out her throbbing little throat
Made chimes upon the wintry air
That were a clarion call to prayer.
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