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THE UNSUCCESSFUL BIRD-CATCHER by ANONYMOUS

First Line: THE VOICE OF THE WILD GOOSE CRIETH
Last Line: FOR THY LOVE HATH SEIZED ME
Subject(s): LOVE;

THE voice of the wild goose crieth,
For she hath taken her bait;
[But] thy love restraineth me,
I cannot loose it.

So I must gather my net together.
what then shall I say to my mother,
To whom I come daily
Laden with wild-fowl?

I have not laid my net to-day,
For thy love hath seized me.




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