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A FRAGMENT by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN

First Line: YON BIRD IS STRONG TO FLY
Last Line: PRINT THEIR SAD CYPHER ON THE POLISHED SKY!
Subject(s): BIRDS;
YON bird is strong to fly --
How straight the balanced pinions scoop
Twin scimitars, that carve the cloudy group,
Or, rigid as a die,
Print their sad cypher on the polished sky!



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