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My Lyrical Life

Poems Old and New. By Gerald Massey

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LEAVE-TAKING.

When the wings are feathered,
The birds forsake their nest;
So the Bride will leave her Home
Leaning to her Lover's breast.
The tear was in her eye,
But the soul was smiling through,
Brimful of sunshine
As a drop of summer dew.