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NOT THE BIRD by JOSEPH SKIPSEY

First Line: HE'S NOT THE BIRD I TOOK HIM FOR
Last Line: AND NOT A PEACOCK, IN THE BRAGGER!
Subject(s): BIRDS; PEACOCKS; VOICES;
He's not the bird I took him for.
I heard him in the distance screaming,
And tho' his voice was harsh, that hour
I dream'd of glories, golden, gleaming!

This hour he meets my closer view,
And tho' he cuts as big a swagger,
I find a little cockatoo,
And not a peacock, in the bragger!



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