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The Poetical Works of John Payne

Definitive Edition in Two Volumes

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A crash of song aroused me. In the porch
Of an old church I sat, whilst out of doors
The quiring birds made carol to the May.
Usque ad portas sang the inner choir;
And from the gates of heaven came down my soul.