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The Mocking-Bird.

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Hear! hear! hear!     Listen! the word     Of the mocking-bird!     Hear! hear! hear!     I will make all clear;     I will let you know     Where the footfalls go     That through the thicket and over the hill     Allure, allure.     How the bird-voice cleaves     Through the weft of leaves     With a leap and a thrill     Like the flash of a weaver's shuttle, swift and sudden and sure!     And la, he is gone--even while I turn     The wisdom of his runes to learn.     He knows the mystery of the wood,     The secret of the solitude;     But he will not tell, he will not tell,     For all he promises so well.

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