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VALENTINE'S DAY by CHARLES KINGSLEY

First Line: OH! I WISH I WERE A TINY BROWN BIRD
Last Line: WITH MY TINY LIFE AND TINY SONG JUST ENDED AT THEIR BEST.
Subject(s): HOLIDAYS; VALENTINE'S DAY;
OH! I wish i were a tiny brown bird from out the south
Settled among the alder-bolts, and twittering by the stream;
I would put my tiny tail down, and put up my tiny mouth,
And sing my tiny life away in one melodious dream.

I would sing about the blossoms, and the sunshine and the sky,
And the tiny wife I mean to have in such a cozy nest;
And if some one came and shot me dead, why then I could but die,
With my tiny life and tiny song just ended at their best.


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