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First Line: A linnet in a gilded cage
Last Line: Oh who could doubt it now?
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Linnets


A LINNET in a gilded cage, --
A linnet on a bough, --
In frosty winter one might doubt
Which bird is luckier now.

But let the trees burst out in leaf,
And nests be on the bough, --
Which linnet is the luckier bird,
Oh who could doubt it now?





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