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Ailes d'Alouette
(Second Series): By F. W. Bourdillon
Bourdillon, Francis William (1852-1921)
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Ailes d'Alouette
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ANIMVLA VAGVLA
Whither
, O wandering feet?
Why quit ye Paradise?
Why seek a sweeter sweet,
When Eden round you lies?
The soul is a bird of air,
That ever of flight is fain;
And her wings are—Would I were there!
And—Would I were back again!
Ailes d'Alouette