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Sang from the Heart,
Sire,
Dipped my Beak in
it,
If the Tune drip too
much
Have a tint too Red
Pardon the Cochineal -
Suffer the Vermillion -
Death is the Wealth
Of the Poorest Bird.
Bear with the Ballad -
Awkward - faltering -
Death twists the strings -
'Twas'nt my blame -
Pause in your Liturgies -
Wait your Chorals -
While I repeat your
Hallowed Name -
Fate slew Him, but He
did not drop -
She felled - He did
not fall -
Impaled Him on Her
fiercest stakes -
He neutralized them all -
She stung Him - sapped
His firm Advance -
But when Her Worst was
done
And He - unmoved regarded Her -
Acknowledged Him a Man -
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