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THE SELFSAME SONG by THOMAS HARDY

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First Line: A BIRD SINGS THE SELFSAME SONG
Last Line: THAT SONG WITH ME.
Subject(s): SINGING & SINGERS; SONGS;

A BIRD sings the selfsame song,
With never a fault in its flow,
That we listened to here those long
Long years ago.

A pleasing marvel is how
A strain of such rapturous rote
Should have gone on thus till now
Unchanged in a note!

-- But it's not the selfsame bird. --
No: perished to dust is he. . . .
As also are those who heard
That song with me.



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