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LANGUE D'OC: ALBA by EZRA POUND

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First Line: WHEN THE NIGHTINGALE TO HIS MATE
Last Line: "FLIES."

@3When the nightingale to his mate
Sings day-long and night late
My love and I keep state
In bower,
In flower,
'Till the watchman on the tower
Cry:
"Up! Thou rascal, Rise,
I see the white
Light
And the night
Flies."@1



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