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A SWALLOW by EUENUS

First Line: ATTIC MAID! WITH HONEY FED
Last Line: THAT A SONGSTER MAY BE FED.
Subject(s): SWALLOWS;

ATTIC maid! with honey fed,
Bearest thou to thy callow brood
Yonder locust from the mead,
Destined their delicious food?

Ye have kindred voices clear,
Ye alike unfold the wing,
Migrate hither, sojourn here,
Both attendant on the spring!

Ah, for pity drop the prize;
Let it not with truth be said
That a songster gasps and dies
That a songster may be fed.



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