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QUAIL AND THRUSH by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON

First Line: THE QUAIL'S STACCATO CALL FROM OUT THE WOOD
Last Line: BLENT IN WITH MEMORIES, BORNE ON LAST YEAR'S WIND.
Subject(s): BIRDS; FORESTS; MEMORY; THRUSHES; WOODS;
THE quail's staccato call from out the wood
Comes clear unto mine ear;
But in the thrush's note is mistihood, --
You seem you hear
His message only with the brooding mind,
Blent in with memories, borne on last year's wind.



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