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Singing-Bird

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In the valley of my life      Sings a "Singing-Bird",     And its voice thro' calm and strife      Is sweetly heard.     In the day and thro' the night      Sound the notes,     And its song thro' dark and bright      Ever floats.     Other warblers cease to sing,      And their voices rest,     And they fold their weary wing      In their quiet nest.     But my Singing-Bird still sings      Without a cease;     And each song it murmurs brings      My spirit peace.     "Singing-Bird!" O "Singing-Bird!"      No one knows,     When your holy songs are heard,      What repose     Fills my life and soothes my heart;      But I fear     The day -- thy songs, if we must part,      I'll never hear.     But "Singing-Bird!" ah! "Singing-Bird!"      Should this e'er be,     The dreams of all thy songs I heard      Shall sing for me.

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