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WHEN ON A SUMMER'S MORN by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

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First Line: WHEN ON A SUMMER'S MORN I WAKE
Last Line: AND ONE THAT'S ALL MY OWN.
Subject(s): SUMMER;
When on a summer's morn I wake,
And open my two eyes,
Out to the clear, born-singing rills
My bird-like spirit flies.

To hear the Blackbird, Cuckoo, Thrush,
Or any bird in song;
And common leaves that hum all day,
Without a throat or tongue.

And when Time strikes the hour for sleep,
Back in my room alone,
My heart has many a sweet bird's song --
And one that's all my own.



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