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Tiresias

By Thomas Woolner

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“The wren is saved by insignificance,
And safe as humble-bees from stoop of kite.
Tell me, Tiresias, what yon throstle sings;
Whose rich, soft-throated notes are pacifying,
And reach us thro' the stillness winged with peace!”