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NO CHILD by PADRAIC COLUM

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First Line: I HEARD IN THE NIGHT THE PIGEONS
Last Line: A CHILDLESS WOMAN HEARS.'

I heard in the night the pigeons
Stirring within their nest:
The wild pigeons' stir was tender,
Like a child's hand at the breast.
I cried, 'O stir no more!
(My breast was touched with tears)
O pigeons, make no stir -
A childless woman hears.'



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