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THE LINNET by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE

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First Line: UPON THIS LEAFY BUSH
Last Line: MIGHT VANISH IN SONG.
Subject(s): LINNETS;
Upon this leafy bush
With thorns and roses in it,
Flutters a thing of light,
A twittering linnet,
And all the throbbing world
Of dew and sun and air
By this small parcel of life
Is made more fair:
As if each bramble-spray
And mounded gold-wreathed furze,
Harebell and little thyme,
Were only hers;
As if this beauty and grace
Did to one bird belong,
And, at a flutter of wing,
Might vanish in song.



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