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PRAISE OF FAMOUS MEN: 3. HANS ANDERSEN, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Then, when you are tucked up snugly
Last Line: Singing in her tree.
Subject(s): Andersen, Hans Christian (1805-1875); Writing & Writers


THEN, when you are tucked up snugly,
children, call on Hans,
and the land, where all the ugly
ducklings turn to swans,

and this earth is but a pale
moonlit memory,
with the Chinese nightingale
singing in her tree.





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