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QUATRAIN: SYMPATHY by FREDERIC FAIRCHILD SHERMAN

First Line: A FLOCK OF BIRDS THAT FAR FROM WOODLAND TREES
Last Line: ARE SOMETIMES FOUND HOUSED IN A BUSY HEART.
Subject(s): SYMPATHY; EMPATHY;

A flock of birds that far from woodland trees
Have built and sing within the city mart,
The tenderest of thoughts and sympathies
Are sometimes found housed in a busy heart.




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