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ALL DAY: WINDOW-BARS by JEANNETTE AUGUSTUS MARKS

First Line: NOW I LIE STILL
Last Line: FROM DAWN TO DARK!
Subject(s): BIRDS; INSECTS; WINDOWS; BUGS;
Now I lie still,
Crossed window-bars let fine thoughts through.
A wasp goes by;
But lady-bugs crawl in to visit,
Two and two!

Now I lie still,
The oriole, the thrush, the lark,
Build me a house of song,
With every stair a winding canticle
From dawn to dark!



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