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THE HAPPY BIRD'S NEST.
When on my cottage falls the placid shower,
When evening calls the laborer home to rest;
When glad the bee deserts the hermid flower,
O, then the bird assumes her peaceful nest.
When evening calls the laborer home to rest;
When glad the bee deserts the hermid flower,
O, then the bird assumes her peaceful nest.
When sable shadows grow unshapely tall,
And sol's resplendant wheel descends the west,
The knell of respiration tolls for all,
And Hesper smiles upon the linnet's nest.
And sol's resplendant wheel descends the west,
The knell of respiration tolls for all,
And Hesper smiles upon the linnet's nest.
When o'er the mountain bounds the fair gazelle,
The night bird tells her day departing jest,
She gladly leaves her melancholy dell,
And spreads her pinions o'er the linnet's nest.
The night bird tells her day departing jest,
She gladly leaves her melancholy dell,
And spreads her pinions o'er the linnet's nest.
Then harmless dean spreads her lucid sail,
And glides through ether with her silver crest;
Bidding the watchful bird still pour her tale,
And cheer the happy linnet in her nest.
And glides through ether with her silver crest;
Bidding the watchful bird still pour her tale,
And cheer the happy linnet in her nest.
Thus may some guardian angel bear her light,
And o'er thy tomb departed genius rest;
Whilst thou shalt take thy long eternal flight,
And leave some faithful bird to guard thy nest.
And o'er thy tomb departed genius rest;
Whilst thou shalt take thy long eternal flight,
And leave some faithful bird to guard thy nest.
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