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Ailes d'Alouette

(Second Series): By F. W. Bourdillon

Bourdillon, Francis William (1852-1921)

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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!