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The Whitethroat.

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Shy bird of the silver arrows of song,             That cleave our Northern air so clear,         Thy notes prolong, prolong,             I listen, I hear:         "I - love - dear - Canada,             Canada, Canada."         O plumes of the pointed dusky fir,             Screen of a swelling patriot heart,         The copse is all astir,             And echoes thy part!...         Now willowy reeds tune their silver flutes             As the noise of the day dies down;         And silence strings her lutes,             The Whitethroat to crown....         O bird of the silver arrows of song,             Shy poet of Canada dear,         Thy notes prolong, prolong,             We listen, we hear:         "I - love - dear - Canada,             Canada, Canada."

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