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ECHOES: 18 by WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY

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First Line: THE NIGHTINGALE HAS A LYRE OF GOLD
Last Line: OUR HEARTS AND LIPS TOGETHER.
Subject(s): BLACKBIRDS;

The nightingale has a lyre of gold,
The lark's is a clarion call,
And the blackbird plays but a boxwood flute,
But I loved him best of all.

For his song is all of the joy of life,
And we in the mad, spring weather,
We two have listened till he sang
Our hearts and lips together.



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