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THE OPEN DOOR by FREDERIC ROWLAND MARVIN

First Line: SEE, LITTLE BIRD, I OPEN WIDE
Last Line: AWAITS MY SONG
Subject(s): AIR; BIRDS; FREEDOM; WINGS; LIBERTY;

SEE, little bird,
I open wide
The door for thee;
Thou mayest glide
On waving wing,
And gladly sing,
And everywhere
In the sweet air
Of freedom dwell.

I too, little bird,
Would scape my cage;
Would fly abroad
E'er frosty age
Hath chilled my breath,
And dimmed mine eye;
And nought but death,
In field and sky,
Awaits my song



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