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RONDEL - THE WOOD-THRUSH by RAY CLARKE ROSE

First Line: IN THE TWILIGHT OF THE TREES
Last Line: IN THE TWILIGHT!
Subject(s): BIRDS; EVENING; FORESTS; SINGING & SINGERS; THRUSHES; SUNSET; TWILIGHT; WOODS;

In the twilight of the trees
Hear the wood-thrush singing
Low, sweet summer harmonies,
In the twilight.

Warbles he with wondrous ease,
On a lithe branch swinging
In the twilight of the trees.

Bell-like tones the laden breeze
From his throat is bringing—
Lo, sweet summer harmonies
In the twilight!



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