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THE LIBERATOR; A POLITICAL ALLEGORY, by                    
First Line: In the high trees - many doleful winds
Last Line: And down again to thank the young man.
Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Politics & Government


IN the high trees -- many doleful winds:
The ocean waters -- lashed into waves.
If the sharp sword be not in your hand,
How can you hope your friends will remain many?
Do you not see that sparrow on the fence?
Seeing the hawk it casts itself into the snare.
The fowler to catch the sparrow is delighted:
The Young Man to see the sparrow is grieved.
He takes his sword and cuts through the netting:
The yellow sparrow flies away, away.
Away, away, up to the blue sky
And down again to thank the Young Man.





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